Columbus
Triangular Trade
The Spice Trade
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What did Queen Isabella decided to do with the Native Americans?
Make them her subjects and enslave them.
100
What three major cities on the East Coast of North America were heavily involved in the Triangular Trade?
New York, Philadelphia, Boston.
100
Who was the most powerful Hindu-Buddhist empire in Asia during the early era of the spice trade?
The Khmer empire.
100
What was the name of the island where Columbus initially landed?
Hispaniola.
100
What did the Europeans bring over that decimated the Native Americans?
Disease.
200
What are the names of the monarchs that Columbus asks for funding to take his voyage?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
200
What was the main crop being grown in the Carribean and on the coast of Brazil?
Sugarcane.
200
What was the first European empire to break into Asia to try and get involved in the Spice Trade?
Portugal.
200
Around how many slaves had been traded to the Americas by the eighteenth century?
Around 6 million.
200
What was something that helped slaves be able to fight off diseases?
Being born in the New World.
300
What country is Columbus from?
Italy.
300
What three continents did the Triangular Trade route connect?
North America, Europe, Africa.
300
What was the second European empire that would take away the power in Asia from the first?
The Dutch.
300
What was the interesting fact I told you guys about the European slave trading vessels?
Suicide Nets.
300
Why were the Spanish so successful in their campaigns in South America?
Guns and a CAN DO ATTITUDE!
400
How many more voyages did Columbus take after initially arriving in the New World?
Three more voyages.
400
What was the main crop that was being traded on the Triangular Trade route?
Tobacco.
400
Who was the Vietnamese Emperor who helped push the remaining European nations out of Asia?
Emperor Minh Mang from Vietnam.
400
What was the most valuable resource that could be found in the New World?
Gold. (Thanks Scott.)
400
Why is America named America?
An writer from Florence named Amerigo Vespucci.
500
Where was Columbus initially trying to sail to and why?
Asia; Spice Trade
500
What is the name of the route that the slaves took in the Triangular Trade?
The Middle Passage.
500
Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle traveled to Asia to visit where?
The Mongol Court of Kublai Khan.
500
What was the name of the trading empire that was established by the Dutch?
The East India Trading Company.
500
What was the exchange of crops and animals between the Old and New World called?
The Columbian Exchange.
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