What is the number crop that is transported through the Colombian Exchange?
100
Hernan Cortes.
Who is the person that conquered the Aztec Empire {which is now, modern day Mexico}?
100
Conquistador.
What is the word in Spanish for conquerer?
100
The East Coast.
Which coast of North America did Ponce de Leon explore?
100
God, Gold, Glory.
What were the three G's for the European Explorers?
200
One positive affect that the Colombian Exchange has offered is that animals, plants, culture, food and many more things can travel from place to place.
What is a positive affect of the Columbian Exchange?
200
Fransisco Pizarro.
Who conquered the Inca Empire {what is modern day Peru}?
200
The Treaty of Tordesillas.
What treaty divided the world into halves where Spain claimed everything west of the line and Portugal claimed everything east of the line?
200
St. Augustine, Florida
What is the oldest established city in the United States today?
200
Explorers wanted to spread the Christian faith to nonbelievers and wanted to "Christianize the heathen."
How was Christianity a motivation for European Exploration?
300
A negative affect of the Colombian Exchange is that communicable diseases small pox, influenza, plague, yellow fever and many more.
What is a negative affect of the Colombian Exchange?
300
John Cabot
Who was the first European to visit North Carolina?
300
The voyage made by African slaves journeying from Africa to the New World.
What was the Middle Passage?
300
Hernando de Soto.
Who reached the Mississippi river in 1541 and gave Spain a claim to land in the southern and eastern United States?
300
The silk road was the long trade route that traders would have to take in order to get goods from The Far East (China, India, etc) back to Europe. Traveling along the silk road was expensive because merchants would have to pay the "middle-men" fees in order to pass through their checkpoints. This led explorers to search for an all water route to Asia.
Explain the impact of the "silk road" on European Exploration and the use of "middle-men" in trade.
What is one crop that Europe brought to the New World?
400
Amerigo Vespucci.
Who was America named after?
400
Slaves;they were needed to serve as a labor force in the New World.
Who were the individuals who participated in the Middle Passage and why were they needed?
400
Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon
Who led a failed Spanish attempt to colonize North Carolina?
400
Many Europeans were curious about what was out there. People like Christopher Columbus believed the world was round. There was also not many opportunities for young people in Europe. Europeans had read the adventures of explorers like Marco Polo and wanted to make a name for themselves.
Why was glory a motivation?
500
Answer: Pig, sheep, or cattle
What is one animal that led to the economic exploitation if the Americas?
500
Juan Ponce de Leon.
Who claimed Florida for the Spanish and went on a quest to find the fountain of youth?
500
Slaves went from Africa to the New World, Raw materials went from the New World to Europe, and Manufactured Goods went from Europe to Africa.
Describe the 3 parts of Triangular Trade.
500
The Spanish.
Who held their claim to Florida, paving the way for England, despite their failed attempts to colonize parts of North America?
500
He wanted an easy route to India, Asia.
What was the reason of Christopher Colombus' voyage?