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Age of Exploration Flashcards

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crusades

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holy wars (Christian) in Europe

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printing press

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allowed books to be produced faster and cheaper

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caravel

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ship, faster trips

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magnetic compass

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instrument that showed direction

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astrolabe

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mechanism that allowed sailors to find location in the stars

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how did European exploration impact the native Americans?

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they were robbed of their natural resources

goods were traded between old world and new world

they got many diseases from Europeans–many died

forced to convert to Christianity

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Renaissance

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Rebirth of education in Europe

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