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- 3. This piece of technology allowed sailors to know which direction they were going.
- 6. Columbus's primary motivation to cross the Atlantic was to make it to China and India and get their sweet, sweet _______________ _______________.
- 9. This ship-building innovation allowed sailors to sail into the wind.
- 11. Trading this resource in the Trans-Saharan trade network made West African states like Mali and Songhai rich and influential.
- 13. This piece of technology allowed sailors to know their position by using the sun or stars.
- 14. Native Americans on the Great Plains were ___________________ hunter-gatherers
- 15. Spain, England, France, and _______________ were powerful states in Europe in the 15th century.
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- 1. When Columbus met Native Americans for the first time, he thought they would make good __________________.
- 2. Columbus's new idea for exploration was that you could reach China and India by sailing ____________ across the Atlantic.
- 3. This event introduced Europeans to Eastern luxury goods, making them want to explore.
- 4. Disease in major American empires killed rulers, starting ____________ wars that further weakened them.
- 5. This group of Native Americans created an agreement between 5 tribes to live and trade peacefully with one another.
- 7. This political change in Spain allowed them to be powerful and wealthy enough to finance a voyage across the Atlantic.
- 8. This effect of the Columbian Exchange killed 50-90% of Native Americans.
- 9. Humans probably first reached the Americas by crossing the Bering ______________ _________________.
- 10. The name of a ship built by the Portuguese that used a number of new technologies.
- 12. The introduction of American _______________ to Eurasia allowed for an explosion of world population.