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Georgia's role in European Exploration

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The Spanish explorer who was first to travel through Georgia   Hernandez Desoto  
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The 3 reasons for European Exploration   Gold, Glory, God  
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The imaginary line that prevented the Portuguese from colonizing in North America   demarcation line  
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The exchange of animals and plants between Europe, Africa, and the New World   Columbian Exchange  
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The Italian who was given credit for discovering the New World   Christopher Columbus  
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The 3 European Countries that settled parts of North America   England, France, Spain  
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Name of the undersea river that made it possible for European explorers to find the coasts of North America   Gulf Stream  
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What Columbus called the natives when he landed in San Salvador   Indians  
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This man’s 1477 publication led many Europeans to believe that China’s riches could be reached by ship.   Marco Polo  
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What religious men did Desoto bring with him on his explorations?   Priests  
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An all-water route to Asia through the North American Continent   Northwest Passage  
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Why was Desoto’s exploration considered a failure?   He Found no GOLD  
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Three deadly diseases brought by Europeans that killed thousands of Indians in the Americas   Smallpox, Influenza, Measles  
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The Indian culture that Desoto witnessed in Georgia   Mississippians  
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Where did Desoto die?   In Arkansas, along the Mississippi River  
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The oldest still standing city in America   St. Augustine  
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Many Indians died from this when the Spanish brought it from Europe   Disease  
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A trader who buys goods from producers and sells them to other traders and consumers   middlemen  
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Group of people who settle in a new land but keep ties to their homeland   Colony  
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Items Europeans wanted that were found in Asia   dyes, silk, tea, spices  
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The explorers spread disease but what were they hoping to spread?   Christianity  
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Columbus had what two major problems with his ideas of reaching the far east by traveling west   The earth was much larger, and there was a continent in the way (North America)  
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This was an exchange between Europe and the New World   Columbian Exchange  
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What did Desoto claim he was so the Indians would not rebel against him?   The Sun God  
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Which explorer named Florida?   Ponce de Leon  
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Which mission became the third mission of the Spanish, and gave a name to the Creek Indians?   Guale (Wally)  
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What two ways did the Spanish use the missions?   As a fort for protection and as a church for the spread of the Catholic religion  
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Which Georgia city claims to be the second oldest city in America?   St. Mary's  
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What landform kept Desoto away from the gold in Georgia?   Fall Line  
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The belief that a country should export more than it imports   mercantilism  
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