Explorers
Colombian Exchange
spread of the good and bad
Negatives of the exchange
Vocab
100

Who is considered “The Navigator” In the age of Exploration?

Prince Henry ( The navigator) 

100

What happened during the Columbian Exchange?

During the Columbian Exchange goods, animals, and diseases were traded between the Old and New World.
100

What did the Native Americans teach the Europeans?

The Native Americans thought the Europeans how to grow crops like, corn, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, and squash.

100

What was the main problem that occurred in the Columbian exchange?

The diseases that were spread.

100

The treaty of Tordesillas 

Provided a permanent line of demarcation

200

Who was the first European to explore the Cape of Good Hope?

Bartolomeu Dias 

200

Where was the Old World and where was the New World?

Old World- Europe 

New World- The Americas

200

What was the main effect of the Columbian Exchange?

The spread of disease.

200

What did disease, from the Columbian Exchange lead to?

The death of millions especially Native Americans.

200

Swahili Coast

Eastern coast of Africa that saw a mix of African & Islamic culture. This influenced language.

300

Who reached India in 1498 and continued Dias exploration? 

Vasco de Gama

300

What helped develop the exchange?

Columbus’ voyages to North America helped develop the Columbian Exchange.

300

What were impacts on Native Americans from the Columbian Exchange?

1. Forced Labor

2. Disease 

3. No immunity

4. Massive population decrease

300

Now that there was a high demand for labor what happened?

Native Americans and Africans were enslaved.
300

Timbuktu

Cultural and Philosophical center of Wedtern Africa 

400

Who opened the way for European exploration and the colonization of the Americas?

Christopher Columbus

400

What did the Old World bring to the New World?

The Old World brought coffee, sugarcane, horses, pigs, fruits, wheats, malaria, and the common cold. (etc.)

400

What were the impacts on the Europeans throughout the Columbian exchange?

1. Growth of trade markets

2. New knowledge/ crops

3. New diseases which impacted their health 

400

Who was discredited when it came to finding American first?

Lief Eriksson/The Vikings 

400

Middle passage 

Stage of which slaves were transported across the ocean.

500

Who sailed from Spain and circumnavigated the globe from 1519-1522?

Ferdinand Magellan

500

What did the New World bring the Old World?

They brought potatoes, maize, vanilla, tomatoes, weapons, pigs, and tuberculosis.
500

What were the impacts on Africans due to the Columbian Exchange?

1. More labor was needed/ labor demand

2. Transatlantic slave trade

3. Nearly 10 million people were taken which led to a decline in population

500

What were  examples of negatives about the Age of Exploration?

Land degradation, deforestation, diseases, and introduction of foreign animals and plant species.

500

Triangular trade 

Exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

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