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Civics unit 2

Exploration, Colonies

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Silk Road A (land) trade route that linked China to the west
Caravel stronger, sturdier ship with triangular sails (adopted from Arabs) made travel easier
Mariner’s Compass Chinese invention; magnetically tracked directions
Inquisition Ordered all Jews & Muslims to convert or leave Spain
Columbus Believed that he could reach Asia, in the east, by sailing west
Magellan His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe (sail around the world)
Vespucci Sailed around the coast of South America & concluded it was not Asia but a new land
Atlantic Slave Trade To meet their growing labor needs, Europeans enslave millions of Africans in the Americas
Columbian Exchange widespread exchange of crops, animals, diseases, culture, and ideas between the Eastern (Old World) and Western (New World) hemispheres
Dias First European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 –he didn’t make it to Asia, but his discovery opened a sea route to Asia
Vasco da Gama First to reach India and open a new water route for trade between Europe and Asia
The Navigator his goal was to find a sea route to Asia, which would allow Portugal to trade directly with the east
The Spanish They were eager to spread Catholicism & profit from new trade routes
Pizarro established the first Spanish settlement in Peru called San Miguel de Piura.
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