What are the 3'Gs of Colonization?
God, Gold, Glory
True or False: China was better funded and received more popular support for exploration than their European counterparts.
False
What country supplied widely demanded goods and required payments for those goods in Silver?
China
What was the name for Spanish priests who sought to convert the Native people to Catholicism?
Missionaries
Which empire was the strongest in the Ame3ricas prior to being conquered by Hernan Cortes?
The Aztecs
Name 2 advantages the Spanish Conquistadors had over the native people in terms of warfare.
Guns, Steel, Horses, Disease
While European nations were tempted to explore based on wealth and converts to Christianity, Chinese exploration focused on expanding their __________ System.
Tribute
How did the Spanish use the silver in the Americas? What did they make it into?
Spanish Coins (8-Bit)
The movement of plants, animals, technology, ideas, and disease between the New World and Old World is known as....
The Columbian Exchange
In what year did Christopher Columbus "discover" the Americas?
1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue
What was the primary motivation among the 3 G's for European Colonizers?
Gold (Wealth)
European Exploration sought to exploit the New World (Americas). China's exploration attempts concentrated on this physical feature.
Indian Ocean
Other than the silver found in the Americas where was the other leading source of silver until the mid-1500s?
Japan
The trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that traded natural resources, manufactured goods, and African slaves was known as...
The Triangular Trade
True or False: The mining of Silver in the Americas led to the eventual bankruptcy of the Spanish Empire and the loss of millions of Native American lives.
True
Random Question: As the native populations began to dwindle due to disease Europeans began to use African slaves as a labor source as they had a built up immunity to this disease?
Smallpox
While Chinese explorers used the magnetic compass the European explorers had to rely on this device to navigate the open oceans.
Astrolabe
Between the 1500s to 1800s silver from the Americas made up what percentage of the world supply of silver?
80%
The journey of African slaves by cargo ships in terrible conditions from Africa to the Americas was known as...
The Middle Passage
What famous sailor from England used piracy and deception to pillage Spanish ships returning with gold and Silver.
Sir Francis Drake
What are the 3 steps of the Spanish Model of Colonization?
1.Bring a few men
2.Enslave the Natives
3. Get Rich Quick
Europe sailed in Carvels that were roughly 85 feet in length. However, Chinese explorers used much larger ships as evidenced by this persons treasure ship.
Zheng He
What was the name of the location where the Spanish found a "Mountain of Silver" in the Americas?
Potosi in Bolivia
Person Question: What Spanish leaders were willing to finance Columbus' expedition after he had been turned down by other European Nations?
Daily Double!!!
Ferdinand and Isabella
What group of Indigenous people originally greeted Columbus but were later wiped out due to European colonization?
Hint: We read a book on about this...
Taino