Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange
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The transfer of people, plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and the New World is called this.
How many continents should you be able to identify on a world map?
100
SEVEN
This device used the position of the sun and stars to help sailors find latitude
astrolabe
He led the expedition that defeated the Aztec Empire — name him.
Cortes
This Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, reached the Caribbean in 1492 and opened European awareness of the New World.
Columbus
Give two crops that traveled from the New World to the Old World.
200
potatoes and corn
How many oceans are there? Name one.
200
FIVE
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern
Name the Portuguese-developed ship that had larger sails and a shallow keel, allowing better ocean travel.
caravel
This Spanish conqueror captured the Inca Empire in South America.
Pizzarro
Name the main goal Columbus had when he set sail west across the Atlantic.
to find another way to Asia (west) for trade routes
Name one disease introduced to Native Americans that caused massive deaths.
300
smallpox
If a map has a legend/key, what information does it provide?
cities, rivers, mountains, oceans, names of places or people etc
Explain briefly how improved ship design and navigation tools changed the scale of exploration.
The ship had stronger sails for wind, more cargo and tools helped sailors determine their location more accurately
Define "conquistador" in one sentence.
a Spanish or Portuguese conqueror/explorer
The "Three G's" motivated many European explorers. What are they?
Gold, God and Glory
wealth, religion and fame
Explain one positive and one negative effect of the Columbian Exchange.
positive- new nutritious foods and animals
negative- diseases and deadly weapons
On a world map, which ocean lies between Europe and the Americas?
The Atlantic Ocean
identify one navigational challenge sailors still faced even with astrolabes and caravels
determining exact distance and longitude
running out of supplies
Give two reasons why conquistadors were often able to defeat large Native empires despite small numbers.
disease and advanced firearms/ weapons
Explain one major economic reason European nations supported long sea voyages in the 1500s–1600s.
to gain wealth from tarde routes and resources
Describe how the Columbian Exchange changed global diets and one social effect that resulted.
500
new foods and nutrition added to places and new monotheistic religions and disease spread around the world
A map uses a scale of 1 inch = 200 miles. If two cities are 3.5 inches apart on the map, how many miles apart are they? (Show calculation.)
700 miles
Describe how the spread of navigation technology affected trade networks between Europe, Africa, and Asia.
more reliable sea routes
expanding trade and linking distant markets
Compare how mine labor compared to plantation labor for the Natives
Mine labor was more dangerous immediately but plantation labor was mostly less dangerous
mines had explosives, cave ins, heavier labor, suffocation
Describe one long-term political or cultural impact of European exploration on world history.
spread of new languages, new religions, new foods resources, animals and new colonies