Three Worlds Meet

West African Societies Around 1492

100

Africa's climate was perfect for growing this crop.

Sugar Cane 

200

A farm on which a single crop is grown on a large scale and requires a lot of human labor.

Plantation

300

Vast network of trade routes that created many commercial centers in northern Africa.

Sahara Highway

400

Explain why Africans were used as slave labor.

a.Disease created a labor shortage b.Africans seen as superior laborersbecause they were used to the climate

500

Which country claimed African island and made slave plantations successful.

Portugal

European Societies Around 1492

100

Sponsored the earliest voyages

Prince Henry the Navigator 

200

What was the lasting effects of the Crusades?

encourage exploration and expansion 

300

Dominant religion in Europe during this time.

Catholic

400

What events led to Portugal, Spain, France, and England becoming world powers?

Trade, increased population and a return to urban life

500

Name two advances in sailing technology during the late 1400's.

Compass, astrolabe, caravel 

Transatlantic Encounters

100

What were the name of Columbus' three ships?

Nina, Pinata, Santa, Maria

200

Define the Colombian Exchange

Global transfer of living things between Europe , Africa , and the Americas

300

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas and what did it do?

Treaty between Spain and Portugal. Divided New World between Spain and Portugal Impossible to enforce Only lasting effect was to give Portugal Brazil

400

What impact did the creation of new European empires have on Native Americans during the late 1400's.

They were conquered and were used as slave labor. Many died from disease. Lacked immunity to European diseases.

500

What was Christopher Columbus searching for on his journey across the Atlantic?

God, Gold, Glory