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Exploration

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Three reasons for exploration.   Riches, Religion, Reputation/ Fame  
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The six obstacles explorers encountered?   maps, weather, lack of supplies, diseases, fear, enemies  
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Helpful or Harmful? Explorers claiming land occupied by the Native Americans   Harmful  
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Helpful or Harmful? Taught explorers to grow crops   Helpful  
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Helpful or Harmful? Traded goods   Helpful  
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Helpful or Harmful? Spoke different languages   Harmful  
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Helpful or Harmful? Shared weapons and tools   Helpful  
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The four outcomes of early exploration.   New lands, new understandings,Trade, Improvements  
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A spanish conqueror of the Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth century was called an   Conquistador  
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The route merchants traveled between Asia and some European countries was called the   silk road  
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In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue for the king and queen of Spain looking for a western route to Asia.   Christopher Columbus  
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Who was the first European to see the pacific ocean from it's Eastern shore   Vasco Nunez De Balboa  
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The emperor of the Mongol empire in the late 1200s   Ghengis Khan  
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What are the two main religions brought from the new world?   Catholicism, Judaism, Protestant, christianity  
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What agricultural practice was brought by explorers to the new world?   Commercial Farming  
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Why did the people change from a subsistence farming method to a commercial farming practice?   People needed to make money in order to pay their sponsor countries, provide for families, and provide for those who did not farm.  
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What is subsistence Farming?   Farming to provide for your family only  
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What is Commercial Farming?   Farming in order to trade crops and animals for the money the people need.  
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Which Explorer was the first to discover modern day Canada?   John Cabot  
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Which explorer had the sponsor country of Spain and was the first explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from North America?   Vasco Balboa  
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List of resources brought to the new world from the old world:   Sugar, wheat, coffee, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats,  
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List of resources brought to the old world from the new world   tomatos potatos, maize/corn, llamas  
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Crops from the old world   wheat, barley, sugarcane, coffee,  
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What are three things passed among the old and new worlds?   Plants, animals, disease  
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How did the Spanish influenece our modern day society?   music, food, education, religion, names of cities, states, rivers, mountains etc.  
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Who was the first explorer to sail around the world   Ferdinand Magellan  
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What disease originated in the new world and was passed to the old world upon the explorers travels home?   Syphilis  
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The route traveled between Asia and Europe used for trade.   Silk road  
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What reason did thousands to millions of Irish people leave their country?   potato famine  
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What was the most deadliest disease traded amongst the Columbian Exchange   Smallpox  
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