Accomplishments
What was Juan Ponce de Leon known for discovering?
Florida
True or false: The Columbian Exchange was the trade between Canada and the US.
False.
Why did Columbus call the Native Americans living in the Bahamas “Indians?”
He thought he was in India
What did the Native Americans and Europeans trade with each other that lead to getting sick and dying?
Diseases
Why did the Europeans want to explore?
Gold, God, Glory
What is Hernando de Soto known for accomplishing?
The first European to cross the Mississippi River.
What countries were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
What was the middle passage?
The journey that slaves took from Europe and Africa to the Americas.
What was a negative result of European Exploration for the Native Americans?
Europeans brought disease to the New World
What are three crops that European explorers found in the Americas to bring back to Europe/Asia/Africa?
Answer can include: squash, sweet potatoes, peppers, pumpkins, tobacco, turkeys, pineapples, peanuts, cocoa, beans, pototoes, tomatoes, vanilla and corn.
What was Vasco de Gamma known for achieving?
He was the first person to sail from Europe to Asia by sea.
What were the three states that Hernando de Soto explored?
Florida, Georgia, Alabama
What were 3 conditions slaves faced on the middle passage?
Answers will vary.
What made it difficult for Native Americans and European Explorers to communicate with each other?
They spoke different languages.
Which one of the three G's encouraged European Explorers to spread their religion?
God
First to sail around the world.
What is Ferdinand Magellan
List 3 obstacles Explorers faced.
Could be any 3:
- death
- no maps
- uncharted waters
- frightened crew
- fought with Native Americans
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who works hard to free slaves.
True or False: Native Americans and European Explorers respected each others culture?
False
Which one of the three G's encouraged European Explorers to earn power or fame?
Glory
Who was the explorer that conquered the Incas?
Fransisco Pizarro
What was an effect of the Columbian exchange?
Answers could include: people died from diseases, new animals were brought to america, slavery, etc
How much space did each person get on the middle passage?
4 square feet
How did the discovery of the "New World" by European Explorers change Native Americans lives?
•Native Americans became sick
•Many died
•They learned new farming skills
•They got new weapons
•They lost their homes and land
Which one of the three G's did European Explorers search for to get rich?
Gold