People
Describe Columbus
Why were enslaved Africans first brought to the Americas?
to work on sugar plantations in the Caribbean
Three things exchanged between the East and West Hemispheres
diseases, plants and animals, ideas
Though the plant isn’t native to the country, Brazil has become the top coffee producing country.
This is a direct result of
The Columbian Exchange
Sailors could calculate their location based on magnetism with the ______________________.
compass
Which leader of Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire?
Pizarro
What system focused on exports and acquiring precious metals to make the mother country rich?
Mercantilism
The Spanish labor system whereby Native Americans became enslaved laborers was the
Ecomienda system
How did the Spanish conquest affect culture in the Americas?
it blended the cultures of the spanish and indigenous tribes
What is a caravel, and how did it improve sea travel
A ship with two or three masts and triangular sails that was faster and easier to control
English explorer ___________________ sailed under the flag of the Netherlands (Dutch) to claim New York
Henry Hudson
The Spanish colonial economy was based largely on
The mining of gold and silver
The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to
find a water route around Africa to India.
Three reasons explorers from Spain set out for the new world
GGG
What science of making maps and globes, further developed during the Renaissance, made more accurate maps, atlases, and globes available during the Age of Exploration?
Cartography
Which Spanish explorer's crew finally circumnavigated the world at sea?
Ferdinand Magellan
During the 15th century, which two European countries began voyages of exploration through the sea?
Portugal and Spain
The journeys of Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of
New navigational technologies
What is a conquistador?
Soldiers from Spain who conquered and settled in the New World.
How did the Age of Exploration affect indigenous populations in the Americas?
Sickness and disease killed many
What does the term 'Pre-Columbian' mean?
Before Columbus arrived in the Americas.
How did the astrolabe (quadrant) contribute to the expansion of exploration?
by helping ships navigate during exploration
An effect of the Columbian Exchange
The trade of foods and animals had an impact on later societies.
Whose early efforts to encourage exploration, plan and direct many important expeditions, and start a school where sailors and mapmakers could learn their trades, gave Portugal a head-start in the Age of Exploration?
Henry the Navigator
Why did Europeans not use the existing sea route (Mediterranean Sea) to trade directly with India & Asia?
Middle Eastern empires, like the Ottoman Turks, controlled the existing sea route after they conquered and allowed trade with only certain Italian ports.