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The World 1500
The World 1500 flash cards.
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History
8th Grade
09/13/2007

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What was the time between the 1300s and the 1600's. It wasa rebirth of language and litature?
Definition
Renaissance.
Term
What were some of the navigational instruments that made exploration possible?
Definition
The magnetic compass, the caravel, and the astorlabe.
Term
What was a reason for the Age of Exploraton?
Definition
To become wealthy off of Spices.
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What Protuguese Prince sent out explorers?
Definition
Prince Henry the Navigator.
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What type of SAIL made it possible to catch wind at diffrent angles?
Definition
Lateen.
Term
List some hardships that crewmen faced.
Definition
Diseases, rotten food, and enemies.
Term
Who was the first person to sail from Portugal to India.
Definition
Vasco De Gama.
Term
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Definition
The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases.
Term
Who commanded the first expedition to sail around the world?
Definition
Fernandid Magellen.
Term
What is Culture?
Definition
A way of life.
Term
Who are Archaeologists?
Definition
People who study people from the past.
Term
What are atifacts?
Definition
Artifacts are tools made by people from the past.
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What is Domestication?
Definition
The practice of breeding plants or taming animals for use of human needs.
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What is the practice of breeding plants or taming animals for use of human needs.
Definition
Domestication.
Term
What are the five parts of cilivization?
Definition
1.Way of life
2.Way of making a living
3.Settlement
4.Government
5.Written language
Term
Give two examples of common features of Narive American Societies.
Definition
Societies built around clans
Strong spiritial beliefs
Shamans (spiritial leaders)
Storeis to explain events
Shared Land
Tamed animals
(most) no alaphbet
Term
Before argiculture, how did early man acqurie food?
Definition
By hunting and gathering.
Term
What was an important way early man lived that changed once argiculture developed?
Definition
They settled in one place.
Term
The wealth of the empires of West Africa was built on what?
Definition
The trade of gold of salt.
Term
How did columbus's journey change Europe's view of the world?
Definition
He found a new coninet with new resources, and more people learded that the world was round.
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