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| Another term for a line of longitude |
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| A document created by the people who saw or participated in an event and recorded that event soon afterward |
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| One half of the Earth - divided, for example, at the equator |
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| The movement of plants, andimals, diseases and people between the hemishperes after 1492 |
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| term for a line of latitude |
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| Caribbean island where Columbus made his base for a trading post |
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Who was the first explorer to attempt to reach East Asia by sailing west from
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What mistake did Columbus make that led him to believe he could make it to
Asia by sailing west? |
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| He miscalculated the size of the Earth by more than half. |
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TRUE or FALSE Good relations turned bad when Columbus realized the Native
Americans had little to offer him. |
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| African slavery was introduced to the Americas because |
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| Slaves were needed to work the sugar plantations |
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Which of the following statements is true about how America got its
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| A German mapmaker labeled the South American continent after an adventurer named Amerigo Vespucci. |
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| Plants introduced to new lands where they had not existed before 1492 |
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| wheat, corn, sugar, tobacco, peppers, potato |
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| Animals introduced to new lands where they had not existed before 1492 |
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| horses, cattle, pigs, rats |
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| Diseases introduced to new lands where they had not existed before 1492 |
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