Key Vocabulary
A governor of a Spanish colony who represents the Spanish King and Queen
Viceroy
What was Christopher Columbus trying to find when he set sail in 1492 for the Spanish King and Queen
Western water route to Asia for trade
What animal was brought over from the Old World to the New World that helped Native Americans increase their hunting ability?
Horses
Which three countries showed an increasing interest in colonizing land in the Americas
England/Spain/France
Enslaved people have no human rights and are treated as merely a "good" or "property"
Chattel Slavery
Christopher Columbus thought he had made it to the islands south of China, but really he was where
Bahamas/Caribbean
What was the BIGGEST reason the Native American population decreased by almost 90% in 150 years after Columbus' first voyage?
Disease/Small Pox
Why did Phillip II of Spain prefer Mary (Queen of Scots) over Queen Elizabeth I
She was Catholic
A pathway, by water, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Northwest Passage
The Pope gave Spain all of the land ______ of the Line of Demarcation to conquer and claim for their own
West
What plant, that originated in the New World, is probably responsible for killing more people worldwide than any disease?
Tobacco
Name of English sailors who used their smaller and faster boats to raid and defeat Spanish ships
Sea Dogs
A system in Spain's American colonies in which wealthy settlers were given plots of land and allowed to enslave the people who lived there
Encomienda
When the Incas were conquered by the Spanish, what modern-day location were they located in?
Peru
Why was smallpox so deadly to Native Americans
They lacked immunity/It was a new disease they had never experienced
By what river was the first French settlement located in North America, and the territory was then renamed "New France"
St. Lawrence River
The 2nd leg of the Triangular Trade; this route/passage consisted of bringing enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Middle Passage
What type of people were considered to be in the "middle" part of the Spanish hierarchical pyramid?
Mestizos/Spanish-Native mix
What three areas/continents of the world were most involved and impacted by the Columbian Exchange
America, Europe and Africa
What explorer in the 1600's finally found the Northwest Passage
None...nobody in the 1600's found the Northwest Passage