The Slave Trade
True or False: Africans captured other Africans and sold them into slavery.
True
This once small, poor nation led the charge for European Exploration and became one of the most powerful countries during the Age of Exploration.
Portugal
This global exchange of food, plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres proved to be quite profitable for Europe.
The Columbian Exchange
True or False: After PORTUGAL, conquered land in the Americas, sea routes connected much of the world, which led to more countries being involved in colonization.
False (Correct = Spain)
This guy sailed from Spain searching for a route to the Indies. He found the Caribbean Islands instead, and is credited as the first Western European to reach the Americas!
Christopher Columbus
This trade route was 1/3 of the Atlantic Slave Trade, where captured Africans being brought to and sold in the North, South, and Central Americas.
Middle Passage
This imaginary line split the globe in two, with Spain allowed to explore the West, and Portugal allowed to explore the East.
Line of Demarcation
What were the main economic activities in New France?
Fur trade/trapping and fishing.
Superior weapons, aid from local natives, and disease.
This guy is credited with being the first to complete a circumnavigate around the world (even though he died halfway through)
Ferdinand Magellan
This European country was the first to import enslaved Africans to the Americas.
Portugal
This treaty enacted by Pope Alexander VI ended the beef between Spain and Portugal over who could explore where.
Treaty of Tordesillas
This economic system, now the basis of the United States economy, is based on private property and operated for profit.
Capitalism
This system in the Spanish colonies claimed that the King of Spain had the right to demand labor and tribute from the Native Americans under their control. (So basically free slavery)
This guy conquered the Aztecs with the help of the natives and Spain's superior military weapons.
Hernan Cortes
These locations were the top destination where most slaves were sold to.
Brazil and the Caribbean Islands
These two European nations had a positive working relationship with the Native Americans in North America, trading with and helping each other out.
France (the French) and the Netherlands (the Dutch)
These companies were founded with the sole purpose of funding colonies in the Americas.
Joint-Stock Companies
List the social hierarchy of the Spanish colonies in South America.
Peninsulares - people born in Spain
Creoles - American-born descendants of Spanish settlers.
Mestizos - People of Native American and European descent.
Mulattoes - People of African and European descent.
Native Americans and African Slaves.
This guy is known for conquering the Incan empire and forcing Spanish culture on the natives.
Francisco Pizarro
Spain, Portugal, and England
List the four causes for European Exploration.
Wanted to 1) gain wealth, 2) conquer land, 3) find new trade routes to Asia, and 4) spread Christianity.
This economic idea believes that the wealth of a nation equals power and the major way to acquire wealth is by selling more goods to other countries than you buy.
Describe what happened to the Inca and Aztec Empires after the arrival of the Spanish.
Both empires were completely destroyed, millions died to due disease, malnutrition, and maltreatment. Many natives were forced into slavery because of the encomienda system.
This guy was a Portuguese explorer who founded a trading empire in the Indian Ocean.
Vasco da Gama