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which European country took the lead in new sailing technology and exploration?
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the Portuguese
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when church splits into Catholicism and Protestantism
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Reformation
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What brought different tribes of North America in direct contact with one another?
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trade
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What was the name of the trade route that crossed Northern Africa?
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the Sahara Highway
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What happened to religion in Europe as a result of the Reformation?
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the church was divided into Catholicism and Protestantism
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Who started the European trade of West African slaves?
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Portuguese
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Arabic faith founded by Muhammad
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Islam
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Who controls the family in the West African culture?
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oldest living relative
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when parent country establishes settlements in different lands
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colonization
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house is made up of immediately family members such as mom, dad, siblings
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nuclear family
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How was European society organized by rank?
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monarchs & nobles at the top, artisans & merchants in the middle, and peasants at the bottom
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huge farm where only one crop is grown
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plantation
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What diseases were resoponsible for the death of so many Native Americans?
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mumps, measles, chicken pox, and small pox
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What was Columbus' attitude towards the Native Americans that he encountered in the Carribean?
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one of a simple people that with limited man power and effort could be controlled quite easily
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where goods from the Americas were taken to Europe as goods from there were brought back to the Americas
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Columbian Exchange
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What describes slavery as it already existed in West Africa?
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you could escape slavery by marriage or adoption, and you were not born into it
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wandering around following the food supply
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nomadic
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the job you do according to who you are in Native American cultures
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division of labor
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How did Native Americans the land?
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as a source of life not to be sold
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close family ties
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kinship
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holy war in which Christians attempt to regain Jerusalem
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Crusades
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What is made possible by the development of Agriculture?
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people rmain in one place, have more time for other skills, and larger societies emerge
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What three worlds or cultures meet in this chapter?
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Native Americans, West Africans, & Europeans
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What was the purpose of mounds built by Native Americans?
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as burial sites
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How did the first Americans get to America?
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walked across the Beringia Land Bridge
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What happened that createda a demand for West African slaves?
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the Native Americans were dying quickly due to diseases introduced by the Europeans
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Whose voyages set off a chain of events that bring together the peoples of Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
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