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European Explorers Study Guide

Test: Friday, Nov. 4

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  Leif Ericsson
  
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    Leif Ericsson was a Viking that lived in Norway.
    
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    Ericsson heard about land in the west and left to explore it.
    
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    Ericsson ended up in what is now Canada in 1000.
    
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  Columbian Exchange
  
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    Movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.
    
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    When Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies, he began trading turkeys, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, cocoa, and beans with Europe for horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, llamas, and sugarcane.
    
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    Smallpox came from the Europeans to the West Indies, which killed many Natives of the island.
    
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  Triangular Trade
  
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    Triangular trading is a three way trading system in which three main areas trade their goods.
    
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    Europe contributed manufactured goods, horses, and clothes made from cloth.
    
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    Asia contributed silk, spices, and tea.
    
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    Africa contributed gold, salt, and slaves.
    
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  Silk Road
  
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    Major trade route between China and other lands.
    
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  Renaissance
  
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    Europe was very advanced and went through a period called the Renaissance. This period lasted 250 years.
    
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    During the Renaissance, people were enjoying things like art work, science, and reading.
    
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    Europe was trading with Asia and Africa. Trading was difficult, but the compass and astrolabe easier and allowed for more accurate maps.
    
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  Amerigo Vespucci
  
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    Born in Italy in 1454.
    
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    In 1497, Vespucci set sail and reached mainland South America. He realized Columbus did not reach India, but a new continent. The continent was named America after him.
    
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  Christopher Columbus
  
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    An Italian man who thought he could find a quicker way to Asia by sailing west.
    
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    The King and Queen of Spain paid Columbus to find this route.
    
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    Columbus left Spain with three ships: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. He landed in islands south of Florida in 1492, but the thought he was in India.
    
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    Columbus opened the door to future explorations in the Americas.
    
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  Slavery
  
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    Slavery developed from the Columbian Exchange. Spanish and Portuguese people began developing sugar cane plantations and needed workers. The plantation owners used slaves to do their work.
    
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  Leif Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, and Amerigo Vespucci can be considered the first explorers to discover the Americas.