Pillage, Plunder, and Pizarro
This Italian explorer’s 1492 voyage opened the Americas to Europe.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The name of the disease that the Europeans brought to America.
What is smallpox?
This term refers to what Christopher Columbus originally call the Native Americans.
Indians
This region dominated oceanic trading by the 17th century.
What is western Europe?
The main thing that Europe wanted to trade for with Asia.
What are Spices?
This was the first person to sail around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The name of the route used to reach India (actual).
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
What is Spain?
The first real global trading network.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This is what India was trading spices for.
What are cotton or silver?
This explorer founded the first Spanish colony on the mainland in Panama.
Who is Vasco de Balboa?
This invention helped sailors figure out their direction at sea.
What is a compass?
The Native Americans gave these to other continents and the other continents embedded them into their daily lives.
What are corn and potatoes?
This is the economic theory that stressed countries should do more exporting than importing.
What is mercantilism?
These countries in Asia limited European influence and only allowed trade through a few ports.
What are Japan and China?
This person led the expedition that actually got to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Many Spanish colonial expeditions spread across Central and South America in search of this valuable resource.
What is Gold?
After taking over Native Americans' land in America, the Europeans used this practice to help them with their land.
What is slave trade/ slave labor?
This was the conflict between the British and French over colonial power.
What is the Seven Years War?
This is the category in which Europeans had advancements that allowed them to be better at trade.
What is Maritime technology?
This conquistador was assassinated by Inca rebels in 1541 after years of ruling Lima.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The French settled in colonies in Canada, centered around this place.
What is Quebec?
Some of the European practices which ruined the environment in the Americas were... (Name at least 2)
What are Fishing, Hunting, overgrazing, or soil erosion?
The FULL names of BOTH trading companies established by the British, Netherlands, and France.
What are the Dutch East India Company and British East India Company?
This is the reason why Europe was able to pressure countries to trade.
What are warships/ the use of warships?