Age of Exploration | Columbus' Voyages | Columbus' Impact | The First Americans |
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printing press
What invention led to the age of exploration
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
Who were the people that funded Columbus' trip?
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Columbian Exchange
What was the name of the exchange that led to the agricultural revolution?
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resources that come naturally from earth
What is a raw material?
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Johannes Gutenberg
Who invented the printing press
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Taino People
What was the name of the people that Columbus first encountered in the Americas?
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Triangle Trade
What is the name of the trade between Africa, the Americas, and Europe
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Buffalo
What was the main resource that the Plains Indians relied on?
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Gold, God, Glory
What were the three main motivations for exploration. Explain each
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Cathay
What country did Columbus originally intend on going to? (15th century name)
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small pox
What was the major cause of native deaths?
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Northwest Indians
Which tribe was the most wealthy in natural resources?
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A disease sailors got during explorations from lack of Vitamin C
What is Scurvy? What caused it?
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The emperor of Cathay. Gold.
Who was the Grand Khan? Why did Columbus want to find him?
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Europe: cattle, horses, wheat, bananas
Americas: chocolate, potatoes, tomatoes, corn
What were some of the materials exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
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Farming
What was the main occupation of the Cliff Dwellers?
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Hard Tack
What was the name of the food sailors were forced to eat during explorations?
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Americas: raw materials (sugar cane, cotton, tobacco)
Europe: manufactured materials Africa: slaves
What was traded between each continent through the triangle trade?
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Tundra
What was the name of the environment the Inuit lived in?
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