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a way to study for my social studies test on early explorers

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What are the continents of the old world?   Europe, Africa, Asia  
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What are the continents of the new world?   North and south America.  
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what is a conquistador?   Spanish Conqueror.  
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Who got credit for being the first person to reach the Americas?   Columbus.  
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What was the Columbian Exchange?   An exchange between the old world and the new world trading animals, plants, goods, ideas, and diseases.  
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Why did Spain want to come to the new world?   Gold, God, and Glory (and partly land, but mostly the 3 gs)  
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Who conqured the Aztecs?   Cortes  
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Who conqured the Incas?   Pizzaro  
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What was Ponce de Leon searching for?   The fountain of youth. (but instead he found Florida.)  
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What was Coronado looking for?   The city of gold.  
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Where did the people of spain settle/explor?   Floirida, Southwest area of U.S, mexico, left edge of south america.  
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What was Spain's relationship with the natives?   not good; they defeated them in war and used them as slaves.  
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What were the 3 types of settlements they Spanish had, and what were there main purposes?   1) missions-- used for religious purposes 2) presidos-- used for military purposes 3)pueblos-- used just as like towns  
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Why did the french (and neitherlands)come?   north west passage, trading, and religion (only for french)  
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did the french and neitherlands get along with the indians?   yes, they were allies, they traded with them, and the french lived among them  
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Where did the french settle?   canada and lousiana  
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where did the neitherlands settle?   new amsterdam (modern day manhattan island)  
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who was peter minuit?   father of the neitherlands  
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who was the man who names lousiana after king?   robert de lasalle  
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why did england come?   new land and religious freedom.  
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who left roanoke and came back 3 years later (due to war)   john white  
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who was the hero of jamestown   john smith  
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why did jamestown fail   malaria and swampy areas. and too much gold search.  
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