Explorers
Who is the explorer from whom America got its name?
America Vespucci
In the Spanish empire, these were mixed Spanish and Native Americans near the bottom of the colonial class system.
Mestizos
By the 1500s, the most important element of African trade with Europeans
enslaved Africans.
Who were Marranos
Converted to Christian but practiced Judaism in secret
Why did Jews became pirates?
Out of revenge to the Spanish and Portuguese
Who began a vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures?
Cristopher Columbus
Why did European rulers encourage ocean exploration
New trade routes
Which goods did Europeans trade for slaves in Africa in the triangular trade system?
Manufactured goods such as guns and alcohol
Who was Tome de Sousa
First Governor of Brazil
Which Pirate was called the Rabbi Pirate?
Samuel Pallache
Who was the first navigator to sail around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
After the Europeans arrived in the Caribbean, what caused the deaths of countless Native Americans?
diseases
Which of the following explains the result the Columbian Exchange had on many Native Americans living in North and South America?
Native Americans died because of diseases
Why did Jews first settle in Brazil
The Inquisition had not yet arrived and they could live in relative peace
Which Jewish pirate was part of one of the biggest heist in history?
Moses Cohen Henriques
How did Prince Henry change the course of Portugal’s history?
Portugal led the way in exploration.
The French colonial economy was based largely on…
fur and fish trading
The "middle passage" refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried
Africans from Africa to the West Indies and `North America.
Where did Jews flee from Brazil and what was special about their synagogues ?
The Caribbean and the Synagogues had sand floors
Which Jewish Pirate worked with Barbarrosa?
Sinan Reis
What was the motivation that caused European explorers to find a way to sail to Asia, otherwise known as the “three G’s”
God, Gold and Glory
Conquistadors were attracted to the Americas by
stories of riches and religious enthusiasm
describe the economic policy of mercantilism
It was based on a belief that a nation’s real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure.
Who was the first Rabbi in the New World
Both names of the pirate that quit piracy and moved to Tzfat to study under the Arizal
Diego Perez de Acosta, Yaacov Kuriel