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This man thought he had reached islands off of the coast of India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This term literally means to circle the earth by ship.
What is CIRCUMNAVIGATION?
The reason why so many Europeans wanted to buy more spices.
What is to flavor and preserve their food?
This killed many Native Americans.
What is disease?
The years in which the Age of Exploration lasted.
What is the 1400s to the 1600s?
North and South America are named after this explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This was a technological advance that made long-distance exploration by sea possible during this time.
What is CARAVEL?
Reasons why the land route to Asia was impractical.
What are: it took too long, it was dangerous, it cost too much money?
The Columbian Exchange was more favorable for THIS "World."
What is the Old World?
The years in which the Atlantic Slave Trade lasted.
What is the 1500s to the 1800s?
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
These professional soldiers from Spain subdued native peoples in the Americas.
Who are CONQUISTADORs?
The "three Gs"
What are GOD, GLORY, and GOLD?
This is the process of settling an area away from your place of origin.
What is colonization?
The country that first started exploring.
What is Portugal?
This explorer conquered the Incan Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This is an economic and political system with government controlled trade.
What is mercantilism?
What are new trade routes to Asia, new technology, and mercantilism?
This journey is described by both African and White witnesses as horrific.
What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE?
This explorer found North America.
Who is John Cabot?
This man led an expedition that sailed around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The exchanging of goods, animals, humans, and diseases.
What is COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?
This economic system provided the strong motivation to search for gold, leading to exploration.
What is MERCANTILISM?
A trade chain called THIS developed as a result of the Age of Exploration.
What is TRIANGULAR TRADE or ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE?
The five countries that were a part of the Age of Exploration.
What are Portugal, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands?