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  • Millions of native people died from
    diseases such as small pox, measles, and flu
  • What did Europeans call the Americas?
    The New World
  • a tool for finding direction
    compass
  • people who buy and sell things
    trader
  • a fine, shiny cloth
    silk
  • The Queen of England sent people to start _____ along the East coast of North America.
    colonies
  • said that something belongs to them
    claimed
  • believing in God or gods
    religious
  • paths or waterways traders traveled to buy and sell goods
    trade routes
  • Why were the current trade routes across land dangerous?
    Traders had to cross other settled lands that people did not want them in and thieves would steal things along the route
  • Prince Henry the Navigator discovered a water route all the way around
    Africa
  • plants like peppers, ginger, and cinnamon that add flavor to food
    spices
  • a name for the native people of the Americas
    Indians (Native Americans)
  • people who travel in search for something
    explorer
  • Why were the Spanish able to overpower the Natives?
    They had guns and cannons when the Natives only had arrows, knives, and stones.
  • What country sent Christopher Columbus on his voyage to find a new route to Asia?
    Spain
  • England, France, Portugal, and Holland all sent explorers to
    claim land in the New World
  • Where was the first Spanish settlement in North America?
    St Augustine, Florida
  • What did Columbus call the people that was living in the Bahamas? Why?
    Indians because he thought he was in India
  • Why did people want spices?
    there was no refrigeration so they sometimes had to eat spoiled food and it made it taste better
  • churches and buildings where priests live and teach religious beliefs
    missions
  • What were Columbus's ships names?
    the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
  • a long journey or trip
    voyage
  • things for sale
    goods
  • What religion did the Spanish try to spread?
    Christianity
  • the religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ
    Christianity
  • made for the first time
    invented
  • thieves
    people who steal
  • the Americas
    North and South America
  • Where did Columbus think he was?
    India
  • What were explorers looking for in the 1400s?
    faster trade routes to Asia
  • a group of lands or countries under one government
    empire
  • Where did Columbus land?
    The Bahamas
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