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Motivations of exploration
What is God, Glory, and Gold
Main trade item in the east found by Vasco de Gama
Main trade item of the French in the Americas
What is Fur
Conqueror of the Aztec
Who is Hernán Cortés
Reasons Africans were better source of labor than Indians
Africans were strangers in the Americas, so they wouldn't have allies or places to hide
Aids that help Europeans defeat Indians
Diseases, Other Native American Tribes, and Better Weapons
African civilizations after the slave trade
Civilizations were devastated. Many cultures lost their fittest members, and families were torn apart
Middle Passage
The second part, or middle part, of the triangular trade where enslaved people were transported to the Americas
Founders of Jamestown
Wealthy investors
Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Rock
Where the Pilgrims settled
French and Indian War - Between which two countries
France and England
Christopher Columbus - first land
In 1492, Columbus landed on an inland in the Caribbean Sea
Africans and when they reached the Americas
They were placed for sale in auctions
Kunta Kinte
The main character of Roots
Roots
A 1977 mini series that encompasses the journey of one family across many generations from enslavement to freedom
Treaty of Tordesillas
Agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided claims in South America and the Caribbean.
Affects of European colonization to the Americas
The native population was devasted with population loss due to disease.
Reason Columbus landed in the Caribbean instead of the East Indies
He greatly underestimated the size of Earth and did not realize that North and South America existed
Final Leg of the Triangular Trade
American goods were sold in Europe.
Reasons so many lives were lost during the Middle Passage
Africans died of diseases and mistreatment