Exploration and Native Americans Flashcards
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Columbian Exchange
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A major exchange of goods, animals, plants, people, and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (the Americas) after 1492.
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Queen Isabella
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The queen of Spain who ruled with her husband King Ferdinand. In 1492, she sponsored Christopher Columbus’s voyage to find a new route to Asia. Queen Isabella supported spreading Catholicism, gaining wealth, and expanding Spanish power.
