Vocabulary
What word means Spanish soldiers-explorers who conquered the Aztecs and Incas?
Conquistador
What were motivations for Spain’s exploration?
God, Gold, Glory
Who searched for the Northwest Passage in 1534 and claimed Canada?
(Jacques Cartier)
Who explored the Hudson River for the Netherlands in 1609?
(Henry Hudson)
Name one food that went from the Americas to Europe.
(Corn, potatoes, tobacco, cocoa)
What is the French term for fur trappers who lived with Native Americans?
(Coureurs de bois)
DAILY DOUBLE
What system forced Native Americans to work for Spanish landowners?
(Encomiendas or Encomienda system)
Who founded Quebec in 1608?
(Samuel de Champlain)
What company started Dutch colonization in America?
(Dutch West India Company)
Name one animal that Europeans brought to the Americas.
(Horses, pigs, cattle)
What does “immunity” mean?
Resistance to a disease
What did Spanish build to protect their settlements in the Americas?
Presidios – forts
What did the French economy depend on in the Americas?
(Fur trade)
What goods did the Dutch trade for Manhattan?
Iron pots, beads, blankets worth ~$24
What disease devastated Native populations because they lacked immunity?
(Smallpox, measles, influenza)
What do we call a royal grant of land, including people on it, in Spanish America? (Encomienda)
Encomienda
Why did Europeans turn to African slaves instead of Native Americans?
Natives died from disease, Africans had immunity and farming skills
Which Native group were French allies?
(The Huron)
Who was the governor of New Amsterdam, also called “Old Silvernails”?
(Peter Stuyvesant)
What is the African Diaspora?
(The spreading out of African people and culture due to slavery)
What was the brutal sea journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic called?
(The Middle Passage)
What was the triangular trade route?
Trade between Africa, Americas, and Europe – slaves, goods, crop
Which explorers traveled the Mississippi River, claiming Louisiana for France?
(Marquette & Joliet; La Salle)
What did the English rename New Netherland in 1664?
(New York)
Name one long-term consequence of the Columbian Exchange or slavery.
(Examples: African American culture, racism, global diet changes)