Europeans Explore E. 19.1
Columbus + Spain 20.1
Pocahontas + British 20.2
The Slave Trade 20.3
Columbian Exchange 20.4
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Who were the first European explorers to sail to Africa?
Portugese
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Where is Christopher Columbus from? Who does he work for?
From Italy, Working for the Spanish
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What tribe is Pocahontas a member of? 
The Powhatan
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What part of Africa did slaves come from?
West Africa
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, culture, and diseases between the Old World and the New World (Europe+Africa and the Americas)
200
Explain 2 new sailing technologies
Compass: direction

Astrolabe: latitude

Triangular sails: sail with and against the wind

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What did Columbus do on his first voyage in 1492?
Encounter the Taino people and trade peacefully with them. Then, returned back to Spain to get more money and supplies for a second, much larger, trip.
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What is the Virginia Company?
The company early British settlers worked for.  Established Jamestown and other early colonies.  Eventually split into the Plymouth Company and London Company before the 13 Colonies were unified.
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What was the Middle Passage like?
- very close quarters

-no space to move

- disgusting

- dangerous 

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How is the Columbian Exchange different from the Triangle Trade?
Columbian Exchange is a global shift between Old and New Worlds, not a specific trade.  Triangle Trade is the physical trading of goods.
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What is the Treaty of Tordesillas? What caused it? How do we see it today?
Divides the world between Spain and Portugal to avoid competition
300
Why were Native Americans so susceptible to Old World diseases?
Their immune systems were much weaker.


- did not live closely with Livestock as Europeans did

- did not explore/trade/mix as much as Europeans, Africans, and Asians did

- had never experienced epidemics the same way Europeans/Africans/Asians did, were not able to pass on those genes.

300
Who are John Rolfe and Rebecca Rolfe? Why is their story important?
Rebecca is Pocahontas' new name after she is baptized as a Christian.

John is "Rebecca's" husband.  He is famous for cultivating a new strain of Tobacco and spreading it across the southern USA.

They are important because their marriage was a symbol for peace between NA and British.

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Explain the Triangle Trade
Americas give raw resources to Europe, Europe manufactures those raw resources and trades them for African Slaves, African Slaves are brought to the Americas and traded for raw resources
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Explain how Mercantilism works
Mother countries set up colonies, colonies produce raw resources, mother country buys the resources cheaply and then bring them home to manufacture goods (and forbids the colony to manufacture it themselves), mother country sells the manufactured goods to their competitors with the belief that it is better to export more than you import.
400
What is Magellan famous for?
sailing around the world
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What happens when Hernando Cortez "discovers" the Aztec kingdom and meets King Montezuma?

Tried to be peaceful at first, then murders many Aztecs.  Some Aztecs turn on their King and end up killing Montezuma themselves.
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Is Pocahontas a primary or a secondary source? Why?

Primary: because they are not trying to be accurate, if you are looking at '90s films, because we are evaluating it as a source not as the truth,  ect.


Secondary: because the movie is set in 1607 but made in 1995, because it is told as a historical story, because the film makers were talking about the past and making a statement about it, ect.

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Why did Europeans choose Africans to be slaves?
- skin color was easily identifiable

- unfamiliar with the Americas

- experience in farming

- resistant to Old World diseases

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How do we see the impact of the Columbian Exchange today?

lots of specific answers!

Crops:

From Americas to Old World: squash, pumpkins, tobacco, turkey, avocado, quinine, vanilla, corn, potato, tomato, beans, peanuts, pineapple, cacao bean, sweet potato, ect.



From Old World to Americas: onions, olives, coffee, citrus, grapes, bananas, sugar cane, peaches, pears, grains, livestock (cows, sheep, horses, pigs), diseases (small pix, flu, measles, malaria)

500

Explain the 3Gs AND 3Cs

God, Gold, Glory: Looking to spread Christianity, make money through finding gold or setting up colonies, have the largest empire in Europe


Christianity, Civilization, Commerce: Looking to spread Christianity, "Civilize" savages by forcing European culture on them, and make money though setting up colonies.

500
Explain both sides of the Columbus Day debate
Many different answers!
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list two ways that Pocahontas was historically accurate and inaccurate 

lots of potential answers!
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What are the cause and impacts of the Slave Trade?

Cause:

- death of NA and need for workers

- high production and need for workers

-Global sugar demand

Impact:

-loss of life

- major economic boost (very profitable)

- African culture in the Americas

-Legacy of racism


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What are some pros/ cons of the Columbian Exchange?
Pros: new foods, mixing of cultures, medicine, livestock in Americas ect.


Cons: disease, mixing of cultures, dependence of new foods, ect.

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