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Age of Exploration
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Sailed to the southern tip of South America and to California
Magellen
Columbus
Reagan
Drake
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Tried to find the Northeast Passage, found ice instead
Drake
Cartier
Cabot
Hudson
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What were light, fast sailing ships used for exploration'
Cartel
Carrack
Caravel
Cutter
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What TWO items did explorers use to calculate location?
Sextant, Astrolabe
Fathometer, Astrolabe
Compass, Astrolabe
Compass, Fathometer
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First to make it to Calicut, India and back to Portugal
Dias
Cartier
de Gama
Cabral
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First to realize that Columbus found a 'New World
Vespucci
Cabral
de Gama
Dias
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Sailed into the St. Lawrence River in Canada "New France"
Cabot
Cartier
de Balboa
Cabral
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What type of economy was known as "hands on economy"?
Mercantilism
Socialism
Market economy
Communism
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Ultimate goal was to find a water route around Africa to India
Henry the Navigator
Dias
de Gama
Vespucci
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What caused the Age of Exploration?
Plague, Renaissance, Crusade
Plague, Gold, God
God, Gold, Glory
Art, Gold, Glory
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During church services, what part of the bible is read by the congregation hosting slaves?
New Testament
Paul's letters
Book of Genesis
Old Testament
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Sailed around the southern tip of Africa "Cape of Good Hope"
Hudson
Cabral
Dias
Drake
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Sails to Caribbean Islands; Finds 'Indians'
Columbus
Cabot
Magellan
Vespucci
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Sailed to Brazil and Indonesia
de Balboa
Cabral
de Gama
Dias
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How many Africans were shipped to the Americas?
15-20 million
8-11 million
1-3 million
4-7 million
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What form of slave resistance does NOT belong?
Destroyed farm equipment
Ran away
Turned to religion
wrote letters requesting freedom
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Approximately, how many Africans died on the voyages?
10-20%
5-10%
20-30%
40-50%
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What major force help the economies of the American colonies?
Railroad tracks in the South
Sugar crop in West Indies
Northern manufacturing plants
African labor in the Confederate states
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Why was there a shortage of labor in the Americas?
Crops became expensive
Disease eradicted Native Americans
Storms destroyed ships
Disease eradicated Africans
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Sails west to sail around the world
Columbus
Drake
Cabot
Magellen
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How long did the Atlantic slave trade last?
100 years
300 years
200 years
400 years
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Sailed to Canada
Cabot
Fallon
Timberlake
Cartier
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Businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share profits and loss
subsidiary company
chartered company
joint stock company
public limited company
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1st to reach Pacific Ocean from New World; Panama Canal
de Balboa
Dias
Apollo Creed
de Gama
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Approximately, how long was the journey from Africa to the Americas?
3-6 weeks
1-3 years
1 week
5 1/2 years
