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Exploration and Contact
The very beginning of the conquest and discovery of the Americas.
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History
11th Grade
08/24/2011

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Who was Marco Polo?
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the first man to get to Asia by land
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What was the Colombian Exchange?
Definition
the global transfer of living things (plants, animals, diseases)
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What were the European's motives for exploration in the Age of Discovery?
Definition
Competition between Catholics and Protestants, navigational technology, and the Renaissance.
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
Definition
an Italian who was hired by King and Queen Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain to find a short trade route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.
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What were the Spanish looking for in the Indians?
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To Catholicize, control, and use Indians for forced labor.
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What did the French look for in the Indians?
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They sought trade relations, while the Jesuits wanted to convert them to Catholicism.
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What did the English seek in the Indians?
Definition
they sought to remove Indians from land; exterminate them.
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