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To get slaves, spices, and riches
What is the reason Columbus wanted to go to Asia?
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Marco Polo
What is the explorer that had his travels written about in a book?
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around 1254
What is when Marco Polo was born?
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corn and squash
What are the items that Columbus took back to Europe?
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Ponce de Leon
Who claimed Florida for Spain after Columbus arrived in the Americas?
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1450
What year was John Cabot born?
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Columbus' major achievement
What is discovered Caribbean Islands?
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May 20, 1506
What is when Columbus died?
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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What were the names of Columbus' ships?
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Seasons
What is Florida named for?
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Treated American Indians harshly
What is how Spanish colonist treated natives?
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common diseases from Europe
What is why some American Indians were lost within 50 years of Columbus arriving?
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need workers to replace American Indians who died
What is the reason Spanish settlers enslaved Africans?
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name for movement of plants, animals, and people between Eastern and Western Hemisphere?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
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bring spices and riches fromAsia
What is the primary purpose of European explorers looking for a Northwest Passage through North American to Asia?