Thr Age Of Exploration 🗺️ Flashcards
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Caravel
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A type of ship large and sturdy enough to make long voyages and sail in all winds.
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Conquistadores
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Spanish for ‘conquerers’: soldiers who conquered indigenous American civilisations
3
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Colonisation
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when a country takes over another territory and settles some of its own people there to control it
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Slavery triangle
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the trade triangle whereby ships delivered African slaves to the Americas, American goods to Europe, and European-manufactured goods back to Africa.
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Colombian exchange
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the exchange of foods, animals and technologies between Europe and the Americas
