Reasons to Leave
What motivated Europeans to explore the world in the 1400s and 1500s? (3 Answers. Points for each!)
God, Gold, Glory
Which French explorer claimed much of Canada for France?
Jacques Cartier
Which North American empires collapsed at the hands of the Spanish as a result of superior weaponry and disease? (Must include both for the points).
Inca and Aztec
What was the name of the voyage between Africa and New World that enslaved Africans were forced into?
The Middle Passage
The ______________________ Exchange was the name of the trade that brought new products to Africa, Europe, and the New World
Columbian Exchange
Which device could help explorers find the position of the sun, thus giving them a sense of direction?
The Astrolabe
Which explorer thought he found India, but it was actually islands in the Caribbean?
Christopher Columbus
Africans (Slaves not accepted as an answer. They are Africans first)
How was the continent of Africa changed by European contact? (Points for each answer).
Increase in the slave trade, firearms introduced, destruction of families, loss of best workers
Which animals were brought from Europe to the Americas
Horses and cattle
What type of ship had triangle sails, multiple masts, and helped Europeans travel more quickly?
The Caravel
Which Englishman was a legal pirate who circumnavigate the globe?
Francis Drake
Which religions were forced on the people of North America?
Christianity/Protestantism/Catholicism
What did the people of Asia resist when Europeans came to their shores? (Points for each correct answer).
Their culture, their trade, their religion
__________________ were large farms in the New World where Europeans would use enslaved labor to produce large quantities of products like sugar can, cotton and tobacco
Plantations
__________________ and ____________________ are lines around the globe that allow us to find coordinates. (Need both answers. Half credit for one answer)
latitude and longitude
Which Spanish explorers (conqistadores) came to the Americas and collapsed the civilizations they found there? (Points for both)
Pizarro, Cortes
Europeans set up class systems (like they had grown up with) in the New World. Which type person had the most power in society in the New World?
Europeans
The ________________ between the New World, Africa, and Europe spread goods between the continents and increased the use of enslaved labor in North America
Triangle Trade
Which Portuguese prince gathered together mathematicians, astronomers, and cartographers to revolutionize travel?
Prince Henry
Which Portuguese explorer gets the credit for the first circumnavigation around the globe, even though he died in the process?
Ferdinand Magellan