Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

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What is a Caravel?

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A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.

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What was a Carrack and what was it used for?

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a large merchant ship of a kind operating in European waters in the 14th to the 17th century.

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triangular sail that made it possible to sail against the wind and it was used in the_____________________

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Indian Ocean trade, Indian ocean

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What disease was the overall deadliest known disease in the history of the world? Hint----> 500,000,000 people died of this disease.

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Smallpox

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The Columbian Exchange was an exchange of______, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

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Plants, Crops

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What was the purpose of the Astronomical Charts?

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created from the movement of the stars to help navigation

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Which of the following describes the Japanese government's treatment of Japanese merchants operating in Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century? The government guaranteed the safety of the Japanese merchants. The government regulated the Japanese merchants in order to tax them. The government disavowed any responsibility for the Japanese merchants. The government encouraged the Japanese merchants to establish colonies.

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The government disavowed any responsibility for the Japanese merchants.

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The first direct and sustained link between the Americas and Asia was the trade in

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silver

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The number of slaves shipped from Africa to the Americas peaked in the

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1700s

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Which of the following describes how the fur trade affected indigenous peoples in North America? Options: It fostered the creation of independent, self-sufficient communities. It facilitated the assimilation of indigenous peoples into British America. It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans. It enhanced women's social status because they hunted and trapped animals.

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It generated warfare among different groups of Native Americans.