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Flashcards by GageLegere18, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by GageLegere18
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Age of Discovery | 1450 - 1650 |
| Motives for Exploration | The 3 G's - God , Glory , or Gold |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Infante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Henry the Navigator was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire |
| Christopher Columbus | Sails West to find a new route to Asia. Columbus believes he is the West Indies Discovers the New World. |
| Effects of His Discovery | Native population wiped out by European diseases like smallpox causes the importation of slaves from Africa. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | 1st explorer to "circumnavigate" (sail around) the world |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange of plants & diseases between the Americas and Europe result of European exploration of the New World |
| The Middle Passage | Part of the triangular slave trade) its the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas made by slave ships. Many Africans died during the voyage |
| Conquistadors | Name for Spanish conquerors/explorers |
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