Columbian Exchange
What explorer’s voyage began the Columbian Exchange?
Christopher Columbus
From which continent were enslaved people taken?
Africa
What country conquered most of Latin America?
Spain
What movement emphasized reason and individual rights?
The Enlightenment
What revolution began in America in 1775?
American Revolution
What crop from the Americas became important in Europe?
Potato
What was the name of the voyage across the Atlantic for enslaved Africans?
Middle Passage
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Hernán Cortés
Which philosopher believed people had natural rights?
John Locke
What revolution overthrew the monarchy in France?
French Revolution
What disease killed millions of Native Americans after European contact?
Smallpox
Why were enslaved Africans brought to the Americas?
To work on plantations
Who conquered the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
What rights did Locke say all people had?
Life, liberty, and property
What document declared American independence in 1776?
Declaration of Independence
What animal brought by Europeans changed transportation and hunting in the Americas?
Horse
What trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular Trade
What was the name of the Spanish soldiers who conquered Native empires?
Conquistadors
What type of government did Enlightenment thinkers oppose?
Absolute monarchy
What prison became a symbol of the French Revolution after being attacked in 1789?
The Bastille
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of goods, diseases, animals, plants, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What crop created a high demand for enslaved labor in the Caribbean?
Sugar
What advantage helped Europeans conquer Native American empires?
Guns, germs, and steel weapons
What idea says government gets power from the people?
Popular sovereignty
What Enlightenment idea inspired many revolutions?
Individual rights and self-government