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AH1 Unit 1 Lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cultural Diffusion | when one culture influences another culture |
| Trade | the exchange of goods |
| Goods | items that are traded |
| Diseases | an illness or sickness that can lead to death |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange or trade of goods and other things such as diseases between the European explorers and the Native Americans in North and South America |
| Immunity | the ability of a person's body to fight a disease |
| Small Pox | a dangerous disease brought over Europe that killed Native Americans. |
| Measles | Usually a disease found in children with red spots on their skin, came over from Europe and killed Native Americans. |
| influenza | Disease from Europe that killed Native Americans; also known as the flu |
| Plantation | a large farm for cotton, sugar, and tobacco that used slaves as workers. |
| Middle Passage | voyage of the slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Triangle Trade | exchange of goods between Africa, the Americas and Europe. |
| African Slave Trade | 11 million Africans were sent to the Americas to work on plantations |
| Turning Point | a moment in which the course of events is turned into a new direction |
| Culture | is the behavior (e.g. language, food, dress, dance, art) and beliefs (e.g. religion, holidays, and traditions) of a country or group of people. |