Eastern Exploration
Western Exploration
Mesoamerican Cultures
Trans-Atlantic Trade
100
What were the driving factors of exploration?
God, Gold, Glory
100
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain to discover a western route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
100
This Mesoamerican civilization was known as the "Mother Culture" and influenced later Mesoamerican cultures.
Olmec
100
This leg of the trans-Atlantic trade route was used for the transportation of enslaved Africans.
Middle Passage
200
This country was the first European country to begin oceanic exploration.
Portugal
200
Why were Spanish conquistadors were able to conquer the Aztecs & Inca rapidly?
Spanish had more advanced weapons and brought over deadly diseases that decimated the indigenous populations.
200
This crop played an important role in Mesoamerican societies.
Corn (Maize)
200
This was the exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World.
Columbian Exchange
300
Vasco de Gama was most well known for
Reaching India by sailing around the tip of Africa.
300
This race of people had mixed European and Native blood.
Mestizos
300
This conquistador eradicated the Aztec Empire.
Hernando Cortes
300
What is Mercantilism?
An economic theory to increase wealth by exporting more than you import.
400
Which two European countries benefited most from Eastern Exploration?
Netherlands (Dutch) & England
400
This system of forced labor was used by the Spanish in which Native Americans were enslaved. This system was eventually abandoned and replaced by African slave labor.
"" Encomienda System
400
This Mesoamerican civilization is known for its advanced cities, knowledge of the solar system, usage of the concept of zero, and the creation of a lunar calendar.
Mayan Civilization
400
Name 2 things that were transported west from Europe to the Americas.
500
Which two Asian countries suffered the most at the from European trade.
China & Japan
500
Besides the Spanish and the Portuguese, which other European countries (3) established colonies in the Americas?
Netherlands (Dutch), France, England
500
This was an Incan community farming group.
Ayllu
500
Name 2 things that were transported east from the Americas to Europe.