Explorers
This explorer sailed west multplie times beginning in 1492 and is often credited with kicking off the age of exploration.
Columbus
What are the three GGGs?
God, Gold, Glory
An transfer of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Columbian Exchange
One effect of Exploration on Native Americans
Disease, Enslavement, etc.
This explorer was the first to sail all the way around the globe....well, his crew was, he died halfway through the journey.
Magellan
What is a caravel?
A small, easily steerable ship (rudder and triangular sails) used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations
Name of the explorer who conquered the Inca empire.
Pizarro
One effect of Exploration on Africa
Losing millions to slavery, disruption of economy, kingdoms, civil war, colonization.
This was the name for the numerous Spanish explorers who conquered South America and Mexico.
Spanish Conquistadors
What is a astrolabe?
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets
Name of the Explorer who conquered the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery.
Encomienda System
This was the name of the Portgual explorer who sailed around Africa and reach India.
Vasco de Gama
What was the Northwest Passage?
a waterway through North America
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
Middle Passage
What is the Spanish Caste System?
Social classes organized by race/parents race.
This was the name of the French explorer who founded what is now Quebec Canada.
Samuel de Champlain
Some countries were motivated to explore to avoid...what?
Paying taxes in Italy and Middle Eastern empires.
A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s between Africa, Americas, and Europe.
Triangular Trade
One positive impact of the Columbian Exchange.
Food, Crops, Less Starvation in Europe, etc.