People
Terms
Causes
Effects
Sources
100

This man thought he had reached islands off of the coast of India.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

100

This term literally means to circle the earth by ship.

What is CIRCUMNAVIGATION?

100

The reason why so many Europeans wanted to buy more spices.

What is to break the Italian trade monopoly?

100

A shortage of cheap/free labor occurred when this group of people died in large numbers.

What is the Native Americans?

100

These superfoods helped create a population explosion in Europe.

What Are corn and potatoes?

200

North and South America are named after this explorer.

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

200

These were both technological advances that made long-distance exploration by sea possible during this time.

What are CARAVELs (ships) and the MAGNETIC COMPASS?

200

Reasons why the land route to Asia was impractical.

What are: it took too long, it was dangerous, it cost too much money?

200

The Columbian Exchange was more favorable for THIS "World."

What is the Old World?

200

This was sent from Europe to Africa.

What are guns, cloth, iron, beer?

300

This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.

Who is Hernando Cortes?

300

These professional soldiers from Spain subdued native peoples in the Americas.

Who are CONQUISTADORs?

300

The "three Gs"

What are GOD, GLORY, and GOLD?

300

A reason why Africans were the "logical" answer to the labor shortage in the New World.

What are: 1. Immune to many diseases. 2. Mostly experienced farmers. 3. Unfamiliar with area, so dependent on captors.

300

This primary source describes what?

What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE?

400

This explorer conquered the Incan Empire.

Who is Francisco Pizarro?

400

The Spanish system that provided cheap labor (essentially slavery) in the New World by selling land along with the native people who lived on it.

What is ENCOMIENDA?

400

While the idea was already widespread, Columbus was the first one to definitively prove this theory.

What is that the earth is round?

400

This journey is described by both African and White witnesses as horrific.

What is the MIDDLE PASSAGE?

400

This explorer made the longest voyage. 

Who is Magellan?

500

This King fought against slavery by asking the leaders of Europe to cease the trade

Who is King Affonso I?

500

The beginnings of a global trade network: 

What is COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?

500

The last leader of the Aztec Empire.

Who is Moctezuma?

500

A trade chain called THIS developed as a result of the Age of Exploration.

What is TRIANGULAR TRADE?

500

This is the most significant cause of the population decline shown in this graph.

What is DISEASE?

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