Mesoamerica
"The Mother Civilization", it was the oldest of the Pre-Columbian civilizations
Who are the Olmec?
This Chinese explorer was famous for spreading Chinese influence through his voyages in the Indian Ocean
Who is Zheng He?
He was the first Spanish sailor to land in what is today the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What is Jamestown?
This was the name of part of the Triangular Trade where enslaved people were brought from Africa to the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
Maize (corn), beans, and squash were collectively known by this familial term
What are the Three Sisters
This was the name of the Japanese Shogunate who closed off the borders to Japan in the early 17th Century
What is the Tokugawa Shogunate?
His voyage was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
The Spanish used this system in order to compel the indigenous to work on plantations or mine precious metals
What is the encomienda system
Early Explorers were attempting to reach these locations in order to gain control of the lucrative trade from which we get their name.
What are the Spice Islands?
This UNESCO World Heritage site located in the Yucatan Peninsula, still stands as the prime example of a city from the Mayan Civilization
What is Chichen Itza
Matteo Ricci and Francis Xavier both attempted to introduce this to the people of Japan and China.
The continents of North and South America come from this Italian sailor.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci
This Dominican friar wrote a work that described, in vivid detail, the conditions of indigenous people living under Spanish rule.
Who is Bartolome de las Casas
This term, used to describe when diseases are first introduced to a new population, led to the destruction of approx. 90% of the indigenous population in the New World
What is Virgin Soil Epidemic?
Reports claim that the Aztecs may have initially accepted the Spanish into their city because they thought they were a reincarnation of this divine figure
Who was Quetzalcoatl
After the official expulsion of Europeans this nation still maintained a presence in a single island off the coast of Nagasaki
What is the Dutch/Holland/Netherlands
He was the first Portuguese sailor to round the Cape of Good Hope
Who was Bartolomeu Dias
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal, with Spain receiving the West and Portugal the East
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
These businesses developed during the Age of Exploration, where people sold shares of their company in order to lessen some of the dangers and economic costs
What is a joint-stock company?
Name one major invention or technological achievement for each of the big three Pre-columbian Indigenous societies
Aztec - chinampas, canals, etc
Inca - quipu, bridges, etc.
What is the alternate attendance system
This English sailor claimed land for the Dutch including New Amsterdam, which sits on a river that now shares his name
Who is Henry Hudson
The French spent much of their time in the New World looking for this hypothetical path. It would have dramatically helped them reach Asian trade markets.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This economic principle holds that colonies are necessary in order to reduce imports and help maximize exports. It is also directly responsible for the continued under-development of some postcolonial regions.
What is mercantilism?