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    Age of Exploration

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    Age of Exploration: Innovations that changed Europe. During 1400-1700‚ Europe’s age of exploration would change them forever. Europe had many innovations that aided exploration. They came up with stern post rudder‚ the compass‚ the trade winds‚ and Lateen and square sails in combination. All these new findings enabled them to search new land and they discovered goods they had never seen before. Items like coffee‚ tea‚ potatoes‚ chocolate‚ squash‚ maize‚ all gave Europe’s economy new life. With

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    European influence in the Americas commenced in the late fifteenth century‚ when Christopher Columbus set sail for the Indies.However‚ he discovered a "new world"‚ the Americas. This phenomenal breakthrough would forever change the complextion of the world. European prominence in the Americas can be viewed as a catastophe. These newcomers exploited gold and silver from the native americans. A more severe consequence to the native americans was the exposure to "old world" diseases such as smallpox

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    Your goal is to find new trade routes‚ goods‚ and land. This was the goal of many European explorers. Up until this point‚ the Vikings had developed trade networks. Leif Eriksson‚ a son of a Viking‚ sailed from West Norway to Greenland when heavy winds blew his ship to the coast of North America. It was not until 300 years later‚ in the 1400s‚ when people became interested in the discovery of new land and when Henry the Navigator advanced exploration by building a navigation school. Advancements in

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    The Age of Exploration The Renaissance brought an array of changes to the European continent. New innovations in the fields of science‚ math‚ arts‚ and literature were sparked during this time period. With the growth of humanism‚ secularism‚ and individualism‚ a spirit of curiosity and adventure developed amongst Europeans. As new innovations and ideas were forming during the Renaissance‚ it gave humans the ability to explore and travel to other parts of the world. The development of the compass

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    Impact of Exploration During the time of exploration‚ many explorers made voyages that changed world history. They discovered new land‚ food‚ and people. There were both positive and negative impacts of exploration. The age of exploration was very good for our culture as a whole. Explorers set out to find new trade routes to Asia‚ fame‚ wealth‚ and knowledge‚ but they discovered so much more than that. They impacted our world more than they thought could ever be possible. Religion spread‚ new

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    As the Europeans began to explore the atlantic‚ they had hoped to discover new trade routes and connections. However‚ they fell into a much more impactful role that would lead to the development of the new world trade system. From the mid 1400’s through the 1700’s‚ Europeans‚ especially the Portuguese‚ were the leading force behind the Atlantic slave trade‚ which greatly affected West Africa‚ the Americas‚ and all of Europe. Focusing on West Africa and the Europeans‚ the Kingdom of the Kongo and

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    Cromwell Age of Exploration During the Age of Exploration in 1400-1700‚ European explorer discovered new lands. The reason why explorers travel were God‚ gold‚ and glory.Europeans believed they were going to Asia for the spice trade‚ but actually discovered The New World . From the discovery of The New World‚ two cultures collided.People debated about whether or not European explorers should still be glorified to society. The effect of exploration were both positive and negative. EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

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    Most of america was populated by indigenous people prior colonization‚ from deserts to forest. Each tribe fed off the land and survived in numerous ways. Of the indigenous people‚ there lived three different lifestyles. Non-sedemtary people were hunters and gathers. Semisedentary people who depended on farming in forest. Full sedentary people who build empires and depended more on society structures. Non-sedemtary indigenous people learn to adapted and survive living in difficulties environments

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    Land and Land Use

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    Awah ID: 00577043 Application #1 High crop prices a threat to nature? (Star Tribune) The Land and Land Use topic that we are learning about in class talks about how the land has different uses. The farmers who own the land in this article have a tough decision on how to use it. It is currently being used for natural habitat but will bring in more fortune as farmland. This land is the type of land that is most valuable for natural habitat growth. The soil type also would help crop growth which

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    do you think humans migrated to America? There are several theories such as the Land Bridge‚ the Clovis theory‚ the Coastal Route theory and many other theories as well. I think they got here using the Bering Land Bridge. Many people may not have heard of the Land Bridge theory before. In the following paragraphs I will explain to you the Land Bridge theory‚ as well as evidence of the land bridge being used for the people to migrate to America. “What is the Land Bridge theory‚” you may ask the following

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