The Indies: East or West?
Explorers
Old Civilizations
An Expanding Globe
Triangular Trade
100
Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, and Spain on the east, this Catholic nation on the Iberian Peninsula led the way in Europe's quest for a sea route to the Indies.
What is Portugal?
100
Who did the king of Portugal send to find a sea route to the Indies? This nobleman rounded the Cape of Good Hope, sailed up Africa's east coast, and then east to Calicut, India in 1498.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
100
Based in the area of present-day Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, the people of this civilization farmed beans, squash, and corn on terraced hillsides. They also carved tall, stone monuments and covered them with hieroglyphs. Their knowledge of mathematics included place value and the concept of zero.
Who are the Maya?
100
Which of the following is NOT a reason Spain and Portugal sent explorers across the ocean?
What is they wanted to learn more about the cultures of peoples in other parts of the world? (Provide other options: They wanted to claim distant lands to enlarge their empires, they hoped to establish sea routes to the Indies to make profits from trade
100
This first leg of trade includes manufactured goods leaving Europe.
What is trading goods to Africa?
200
This Portuguese prince sent out more than 50 expeditions to explore the coast of Africa. He encouraged improvements in ship design, which allowed explorers to travel farther south along the west coast of Africa.
Who is Prince Henry the navigator?
200
The king of Portugal sent this explore to find the southern tip of Africa. Despite storms, he discovered the southernmost point of the continent, which was later named the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
200
This civilization created a vast empire along South America's west coast. They built a magnificent city in the Andes to serve as a summer retreat for their nobility. They also developed khipu, a system of knotted cords to record numbers.
Who are the Inca?
200
What disease caused misery and even death aboard sailing ships in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
What is scurvy?
200
Merchants trade goods to Africa in return for this.
What are slaves?
300
Wary of Portugal's growing empire, these Spanish monarchs sponsored an Italian explorer's voyage to try to reach the Indies by sailing west.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
300
This Portuguese nobleman embarked on a follow-up trip to India. On his way, however, he made landfall in South America, claiming land for Portugal that is today part of Brazil.
Who is Pedro Cabral?
300
This may have been the earliest civilization in the Americas. They used a calendar and invented an early form of writing. They created colossal stone heads and worshipped nature gods.
Who are the Olmecs?
300
Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
What the second leg of triangular trade in which slaves are transported to the Americas is known as.
What is the middle passage?
400
Which Italian seaman and explorer believed the route west to Asia would be shorter than the route east? His persuasive arguments convinced the Spanish monarchy to sponsor his voyage. The land he reached by sailing west was not Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
Which Portuguese king decided to take advantage of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope to continue pushing east to find a sea route to the Indies? He sent several expeditions to find the route.
Who is King Manuel I?
400
Which civilization built a large empire entirely within the area of the modern country of Mexico? Their capital city, Tenochtitlán, had a larger population than most European cities of the time. A warlike people, they sacrificed their prisoners to keep their war god, Huitzilopochtli, strong.
Who are the Aztec?
400
What type of ship was well-suited for sea exploration?
What is a caravel?
400
Merchants trade these goods from the Americas to Europe.
What are sugar, cotton, and furs?
500
Europe was interested in finding this means of transportation in order to reach the Indies as Europeans were demanding goods found only in Asia.
What is a sea route to the Indies?
500
Who believed he could find a passage through South America, and thus sail west to the Indies? This experienced Portuguese sailor offered his services to Spain. His expedition discovered a strait that led to the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
The Olmec, Maya, and Aztec were descended from nomads who had crossed over to North America from ____.
What is Asia?
500
Why did Columbus believe he could reach the indies more quickly by sailing west than east?
What is he miscalculated the circumference of the Earth?
500
Colonial economies grew due to this form of work.
What is slave labor?
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