The movement of cultures and goods between Europe and the Americas
Columbian Exchange
Christopher Columbus called the Native American people ___________ upon meeting them
Indians
They agreed to fund Columbus’ voyage
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
The item from the Columbian Exchange that MOST helped the Native Americans was
horses
This man's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Ferdinand Magellan
A process to plan a course and find a distant location
Navigation
to sail completely around the world
Circumnavigate
The effects to the Columbus Exchange were ____________.
positive and negative
The reason Columbus' voyage was funded was because
the king and Queen of Spain wanted to profit from trade and spread Christianity in Asia.
The overall effect of the Columbian Exchange on most of the native people of North America was that
it was harmful to them
This navigator traveled north into Florida from Puerto Rico because he heard stories about a magical water spring that could turn old people young.
Ponce de Leon
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa and reach India
Vasco de Gama
an organized journey
Expedition
This instrument helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator.
The astrolabe
In his attempt to reach Asia, Columbus sailed
West
Mapmakers helped European sailors improve their navigation by making
more accurate maps
What Magellan and Columbus both had in common
Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus both traveled west in search of Asia.
The Spanish took ___________, the Aztec leader, prisoner
Moctezuma
conquered the Aztecs with fellow conquistadors
Hernan Cortés
This instrument helped European sailors know which direction they were going.
The magnetic compass
The name of the general area where Columbus landed was named
the West Indies
The advantage Portugal had for exploring the oceans and distant lands was
its location on the western coast of Europe
In the encounter between the Spanish and Native Americans, the Native Americans had three things happen
They 1. lost their land,
2. were forced to work as slaves, and
3. were killed by war or disease.
This viking explorer was the first European to reach North America.
Leif Ericsson
opened a school to teach navigating and map making
Prince Henry
Prince Henry started a Portuguese navigation school around this year.
1419
The main goal of __________ was that he wanted to conquer the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortés
This ship differed from earlier ships because it was smaller, lighter, and could be more easily controlled.
The caravel
Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
Patron
The effect the Columbian Exchange had on Africans
They were enslaved and forced to work in mines and farms.
A person who buy and sell goods
Merchant
An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people
Epidemic
A settlement or area far from the country that rules it
Colony
The buying and selling of humans as property
Slave trade
Spanish soldier or conqueror
Conquistador
A cheap, easy-to-grow crop that the Spanish brought back with them from the Western Hemisphere.
Potatoes