Explorers
What 2 countries supported the early explorers?
what is Spain and Portugal
These were metal chains used to restrain the wrists and ankles of the enslaved Africans.
What is shackles?
Main motive for European exploration was finding ___.
What is new trade routes to Asia?
Ocean crossed by explorers and trade ships during the Age of Exploration.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Who were the 3 last countries to finance explorations?
Who were France, England, and the Netherlands?
Which global interaction is illustrated by these statements?
-Maize and potatoes were grown in Europe.
-Millions of African suffered in the middle passage.
-Smallpox had devastating effects on indigenous people.
-Spanish language was used in America.
What is The Columbian Exchange
Why were enslaved Africans used as labor in the Americas instead of other groups?
What is the Native American populations diminished and the Europeans wanted cheap labor to work their plantations in the New World.
List 5 technologies that advanced maritime travel.
What is cartography, caravel, astrolabe, lateen, and compass.
A person native to a certain land or region before outsiders arrived.
What is indigenous people?
Which country was the first to control all the trade routes from Africa and Asia?
Who was Portugal
What were the 3 reasons for European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries?
What is God, Gold, and Glory
Between what to countries was considered the Middle Passage?
What is Africa and America.
This country was already engaged in over sea trade and was next to the Atlantic Ocean which made trade easier.
What is Portugal
A three-part trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods and enslaved Africans.
What is Triangular Trade.
What two countries were battling to establish the first trade routes to Asia using the Atlantic Ocean?
Who was Portugal and Spain?
Who trained sailors and supported Portuguese exploration.
Who was Prince Henry.
Where did the majority of enslaved Africans disembark?
What is the Caribbean (The Americas)
How did colonization change the economy of Central and South America?
It introduced cash crop farming and mining for European profit
This is the maritime tool used to measure stars & latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
From Asia, this helped preserve food and improve the flavor of foods that were not fresh.
What are spices
What was disrupted that led to European explorers finding a different route to Asia?
What is the Silk Road
Which of these goods was not produced by enslaved labor on American plantations?
A) Sugar
B) Tobacco
C) Cotton
D) Silk
What is silk
What language became dominant due to Spanish colonization in Central America?
What is Spanish
Powerful empire that controlled land trade routes to Asia, making spices more expensive.
What is the Ottoman Empire.
What country in South America did Europeans start sugar plantations?
What is Brazil