Vocabulary Terms
What is an astrolabe?
An ancient (greek) astronomical instrument that was a handheld model of the universe
Who were the first European explorers to make it to North America?
Leif Eriksson, Scandinavians (Vikings)
How many documents did you examine in the Atlantic Slave Trade activity?
13
What Chinese Dynasty did Zheng He sail for? DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Ming
Who is this an image of?
Zheng He
Where were the Spice Islands?
Indonesia
Vasco de Gama was the first European to sail around _________ giving Europeans a direct water route to India and China. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The Cape of Good Hope (Tip of Africa)
Which European country was the first to establish a trading relationship with the local African slave traders? Spanish, Portuguese or Dutch?
The Portuguese
How many miles off what Christopher Columbus to navigating India?
7,000 Miles
What is this an image of?
Plan for packing slaves into ship
Who were the Conquistadors? (Name BOTH Countries who had them)
Spanish & Portuguese (Soldiers, explorers, sailors, and knights)
What mystical well was Juan Ponce de Leon looking for in the New World?
The Fountain of Youth
What was the name of the British Slave Company given a Royal Charter by the King? 1. The Royal African Company 2. The Royal Slave Enterprise 3. The Royal Slavers Association
#1. The Royal African Company
Which European explorer conqurered the mighty Aztec Empire with only 500 men?
Hernan Cortés
What is this an image of?
The Cape of Good Hope
What was the middle passage? DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Journey Africans slaves were forced onto bringing them to South and North American colonies.
Though sailing for England, what country is John Cabot originally from?
Italy
What did the Spanish conquistadors do to the Taino and Arawak peoples?
Caused them to go extinct
A small group of islands in the region of Indonesia much sought after during this time was known as:
The Spice Islands
What is this an image of? (HINT: Central to slave trade)
West African Coast
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas dictate?
In 1494 the Pope divide colonization rights of the "New World" between Spain and Portugal
What were the main reasons for European exploration?
Gold, God, and Glory
Bartolome de Las Casas was a spanish __________ who journaled about his MISSION with the Spanish Conquistadors to Cuba and the atrocities he saw there. What JOB did de Las Casas go to do? DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Spanish Missionary to covert local natives to Christanity
What event forced Europeans to the seas insearch of new water trade routes?
The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
What is this an image of? DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Tenochtitlan (Aztec Capital City)