Time and Dates
What does B.C. stand for
Before Christ
What were the most domesticated animals from the old world to the Americas.
Cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and pigs
Spanish conquistador
Hernan Cortez
Hangzhou
A city in the People's Republic of China that is the capital of Zhejiang province
The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas
Atlantic Slave Trade
What does A.D. stand for
Anno Domini/After Death
Most Devasting component of the Columbian Exchange was?
Old World Diseases
Conquered the Inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
They kickstarted the transatlantic trade network which eventually would be more lucrative than the Indian Ocean trade network.
Spain
A transatlantic trading network that transported Africans as slaves as well as sugar, guns and other goods to the Americas
Triangular trade
What does B.C.E Mean
Before Common Era
The Columbian exchange altered life on 3 separate continents
North America, Africa, and Europe
Supplied ships for Pizarro's expansion
Hernando DeSoto
A city in Mali, West Africa, with a rich history as a center of Islamic culture, scholarship, and trade
Timbuktu
The route that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later to North and South America
The Middle Passage
How many years is a generation
20-25 years
Most infectious diseases in history have been passed from herds of domesticated animals into the human population in a process known as...
Zoonosis
Who sailed southward along the west coast of Africa, establishing trading posts
Prince Henry the Navigator
They gained independence from Spain and emerged as the wealthiest nation in Europe
The Dutch
The global transfer of foods, plants, animals and diseases during the colonization of the Americas
Columbian Exchange
How many years is a decade, century, and millennium
Decade: 10 years
Century: 100
Millennium: 1000
what allowed the Spanish, and later Europeans to take over the Native
Disease outbreaks
Traveled from Italy to China on the Silk Road and back to Europe through the Indian Ocean. His stories seemed tall tales to Europeans, but he inspired hundreds of travelers who confirmed his stories.
Marco Polo
Capital of the Roman empire was conquered by the...
Ottoman empire
A conqueror; most notably used when referring to Spanish conquerors in the 16th century
Conquistador