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AH1 Unit 1 Lesson 2
Term | Definition |
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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. |