Columbian Exchange
Christopher Columbus
Who was the explorer who had bold plans? He wanted to find a new route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Two part question:
Hernan Cortes was a conquistador who led an expedition to Mexico. He ended up taking _____ from the city of Moctezuma. This caused them to fight for how many years?
Prisoner, two years.
What is a patron?
A person who gives money to support another person or cause.
What symbol was often found at the tip of a Viking's ship?
A dragon.
The Columbian Exchange was a movement of people, cultures, plants, and ______?
Animals
Who did Christopher Columbus ask to pay for his voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What city is now built on the ruins of the Moctezuma city?
Mexico City.
What is a conquistador?
Leif Erikson
Who did the Spanish force to work on plantations?
Native Americans
About how many men joined Christopher Columbus on his voyage? How many ships?
90 men. 3 ships
gold, silver, and jewels.
What is a colonoy?
A settlement far away from the country that rules it.
Silk and spices.
Name me four out of the five foods that were introduced to the Europeans?
Corn, potatoes, pumpkins, peppers, tomatoes.
Christopher Columbus founded La Isabela, which is now modern day ____ ______?
Dominican Republic
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado claimed land in these two modern day Southwestern states?
New Mexico and Arizona
A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single leader or group.
The son of Portugal's king, _____ opened a school to teach navigation and mapmaking.
Prince Henry.
Name me three out of the four animals that became apart of the Native American diet?
Cattle, pigs, chicken, goats.
Three part:
Christopher Columbus believed he reached Asia. Instead he landed on an island in the _____ sea. He named this island the _______. He named the people on this island ____.
Caribbean. The West Indies. Indians.
Juan Ponce de Leon sailed on Columbus's second voyage. He led an expedition to present-day _____ and may have been the first European to visit _____?
Florida
Two Parter:
What is an epidemic?Name the big disease most Native Americans died of
An outbreak of disease that quickly spreads and affects many people.
Small pox.
Two parts:
Bartolomeu Dias led an expedition to discover Africa's west coast. He named the tip of Africa ______?
Years later, another explorer named _____ followed Dias's route around Africa.
The Cape of good hope
Vasco de Gama.