Map
How many slaves died in the Atlantic Slave Trade passage in the mid-1400s to the mid-1800s?
1,670,000
Use the timeline on pg. 36-37 to answer the following: What year did Christopher Columbus arrive int he Americas?
1492
What is a mission?
It is a goal to convert people to Christianity.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
He explored for Spain and unintentionally discovered North America in 1492 while searching for a new route to Asia.
What is the capital of Alabama?
Montgomery
What area was the main destination for enslaved people from Africa during the Atlantic slave trade? (See Atlantic Slave Trade map on pg. 50)
Central and South America
Use the timeline on pg. 36-37 to answer the following: What year did Hernan Cortez begin to concuer the Aztec Empire?
1519
What is a conquistador?
It is a Spanish explorer whose purpose was to conquer land for Spain.
Who was John Rolfe
He was a planter who introduced a new type of tobacco to the English.
What is the capital of North Carolina?
Raleigh
How many enslaved Africans were sent to Brazil between the mid-1400s and the mid-1800s?
4,000,000
Use the timeline on pg. 36-37 to answer the following: Jamestown was founded in what year?
1607
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The system of transferring plants, animals, people, and diseases from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Even though he was killed in a fight with native people, he is responsible for planning the route that led to the first ship to sail completely around the world.
What is the capital of South Carolina?
Columbia
How many enslaved Africans were sent to the British Caribbean between the mid-1400s and the mid-1800s (See Atlantic Slave Trade map on pg. 50)
2,000,000
Use the timeline on pg. 36-37 to answer the following: What happened in the year 1619?
The first enslaved Africans arrived int eh English Colonies in America.
Who were the Seperatists?
The people who believed they must break away from the Church of England in order to make the changes they wanted.
What was Hernan Cortez?
He was a Spanish conquistador who conquered Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.
What is the capital of Virginia?
Richmond
What conclusion can be drawn from the map on pg. 50?
Many enslaved Africans were forcibly sent to the Americas.
Use the timeline on pg. 36-37 to answer the following: What year was the Mayflower Compact formed?
1620
What was the House of Burgesses?
A group of government representatives created by the Virginia Company.
Who was Wahunsenacawh?
He was the chief of the Powhatan and the father of Pocahontas.
What is the capital of West Virginia?
Charleston