In the middle ages, how far (in kilometres) did people go from their homes generally?
Not more than 30 miles
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What was the trading route called from the middle ages where Europeans traded with Asia?
the Silk Road
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What were the 3 main reasons that explorers signed up to go on expeditions to new lands (the G words)
Gold, Glory, God
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In the Age of Exploration, which part of the world did Spain mostly explore?
Central America
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In the Age of Exploration, which part of the world did France mostly explore?
A large part of North America
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What was the Columbian Exchange?
the name for the items exchanged between the "old world" and the "new world"
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Name one negative thing that was exchanged during the Columbian Exchange
Diseases
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How did the introduction of Smallpox impact the Native American population?
Millions died
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Which country colonized Indonesia?
Holland/the Netherlands
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Which country colonized Australia?
England
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Which country colonized Brazil?
Portugal
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Which country colonised Malaysia?
England
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How did the industrial revolution speed up the process of colonisation?
Answers vary (they needed more raw materials for their factories)
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What is the connection between slavery and colonisation?
slaves used to build the Americas and work on the plantations (cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, tea etc)
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True or false: the people who ran the colonies believed that they were better than the people they ruled, so they did not need to treat colonial subjects as equals
True
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True of False: the original inhabitants of the colonies accepted colonial rule without a fight
