Columbus and co
What year did Columbus first sail across the Atlantic?
1492
Sailors used an astrolabe to find where they were using what?
the sun or stars
The triangular trade linked how many continents?
three (europe, africa and the americas)
Potatoes and tomatoes first came from where?
the americas
A student wrote - 1492 to 1522 is 1492 - 1522.
do later minus earlier. 1522 - 1492 = 30 years
Which country paid for Columbus's trip?
spain
What does circumnavigation mean?
sailing all the way around the world
Ships took goods from Europe to which continent?
africa
Wheat, rice and sugar cane first came from where - the Americas or the Old World?
the old world
A student wrote - Columbus found India in 1492.
columbus reached the americas. he only thought it was asia
Columbus thought he was in which continent?
asia (the indies)
Historians say Age of Exploration, not Age of...?
discovery
What was the Middle Passage?
the trip from africa to the americas with enslaved africans
Why do historians say enslaved person and not slave?
being enslaved was forced on them. it is not who they were
A student wrote - Elcano's name is there because he was on the ship too.
magellan died so elcano finished the trip
Who got to India by sea in 1498?
vasco da gama
Why is discovery a problem word?
people already lived in those places
About how many enslaved Africans were taken across the Atlantic in total?
about 12 million
Records listed enslaved people as goods. What did records often leave out?
their names, feelings and families
A student wrote - We say enslaved person because it is more polite.
it shows slavery was forced on them. it is not who they were
Which way did Vasco da Gama go to India?
south around africa and across the indian ocean
Why did smallpox kill so many Indigenous people in the Americas?
they never had it before so their bodies could not fight it
About 3.1 million enslaved Africans were carried on ships from which one country?
britain
Name one group that suffered in the Columbian Exchange.
indigenous peoples or enslaved africans
A student wrote - Records leave out names because the records are very old.
the traders saw people as goods so they did not write names