Origins
What was the main type of good that Europeans wanted from Asia at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
Spices
Who established permanent contact between the Old and New Worlds?
Columbus
What was France's colony along the Mississippi River?
Louisiana
Which nation colonized India?
Britain
What continents are the New World?
The Americas
Which nation were Europeans trying to establish a trade route with at the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
India
Who was the first explorer to complete a circumnavigation?
Magellan
The process in which a nation settles a small portion of its population in a new geographic location, yet maintains sovereignty over this new subset of its territory.
Colonialism
Which nation did Britain sell drugs to in order to gain favorable trade relations?
China
What was the exchange of culture and goods between the Old and New Worlds?
Columbian Exchange
What was the first European nation to establish a trade route with Asia during the Age of Exploration?
Portugal
Which explorer was the first to establish a trade route to India?
Da Gama
What was the economic system used to establish the trading relationship between Europe and its colonies?
Mercantilism
Of the 3 nations we discussed resisting European colonialism, which was the only one to not fall under European influence?
Japan
In what event did 80-90% of Native Americans die?
The Great Mortality
What type of ship was invented that allowed Europeans to explore the world during the Age of Exploration?
Caravel
Which explorer lead the effort to destroy the Spanish Armada?
Drake
The group of mixed raced settlers in New Orleans and the surrounding area.
Creoles
Who created the first uniquely Japanese tactics for the use of guns in battle?
Oda Nobunaga
What set of laws governed slaves in Louisiana?
Le Code Noir
What new map allowed explorers to chart routes across the sea?
Mercator Projection
Which explorer discovered Australia (which he named New Holland)
Tasman
Which ocean did Spain get to itself in the treaty Spain and Portugal signed to divide the world between the two of them?
Pacific Ocean
What nation supplied the silver that fueled Europe's involvement in Asian trade.
Spain (Through its American colonies)
What was the main crop that slaves were required to harvest and refine in the New World?
Sugar