Slave Trade
On which continent were slaves primarily taken from?
Africa
Where did Columbus discover first?
The Caribbean
What impact did Columbus have on the Indigenous peoples of the West Indies?
Genocide
What word describes the biological characteristics of humans?
Race.
What year did Columbus find the New World?
1492.
Where did the slaves get traded to the most?
The West Indies
What were the explorers trying to find when they found the new world?
A faster route to Asia.
What happened to Africa when all the men were stolen?
Political and economic instability.
What word describes the cultural background and decent of human beings?
Ethnicity.
What part of the world did Marco Polo explore?
Eurasia.
Approximatley how many slaves were taken from the African Coast?
What was the name of Columbus' boat?
The Santa Maria.
Which word describes the discrimination of different biological features in humans?
Racism.
Who discovered North America first?
Leif Erikson.
How much room did the slaves have on slave ships?
Just enough to lay down
What country started the Age of Exploration by sending the first dedicated explorer?
Spain
What was one of the most devastating things explorers brought to the New World.
Diseases (answers can vary)
Which word describes the conquering and occupation of other lands as one's nation's own.
Colonization.
What explorer committed genocide against the Aztec Empire?
Herman Cortez.
What was the horrible journey to the new world via boat called by the slaves?
The Middle Passage
What was the name of the tribe that Columbus slaughtered?
The Taino Peoples.
What did the age of exploration establish?
Which word describes the idea that one's race is superior to another's?
Ethnocentrism.
Which explorer exposed the genocide of the Indigenous people in the West Indies
Bartolome de Las Casas