Columbus 1
This is a tax on imported goods
Tariff
This is the prosperity of a nation depending on the supply of gold and silver
Mercantilism
This is the term that means to take full control over something or an industry
Monopoly
Triangular trading system involving products and slaves
Slave trade
The 4-6 week journey of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean
Middle Passage
The government that is in power
What groups of African people were sent over to the Americas to work?
Everyone, even children.
Christopher Columbus claimed that "India" (really America) belonged to who?
Spain
Who "discovered" the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
What continents were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
America and Europe
Why were slaves brought to America?
To work on fields and plantations
What continents were involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Americas, Europe and Africa
Name a positive outcome that the Columbian Exchange had on America and Europe
It helped introduce different cultures to people and eventually blend some of them.
Name a negative effect of the Slave Trade
People were taken from their home and forced to work.
When did Christopher Columbus' first journey take place? What year?
1492
Describe what the Columbian exchange was
The trading of people, plants, animals and diseases from America to Europe.
What are the names of the 3 ships that Christopher Columbus had built and sailed to America with?
Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria
Name an item that Columbus brought back to Spain
Turkey, tomatoes, potatoes and corn
What was the purpose of Christopher Columbus' journey?
He looked to find a short cut to India and China
Describe how the Native American people were treated by the settlers (Columbus' people)
They were treated very poorly. Some were beaten and had their belongings stolen.
How were the slaves placed on the ships?
Women up top in their own section, men down below and shackled to each other, and children were free to roam the ship.
Describe the living conditions on the boats as they traveled from Africa to America
The boats were crowded, dirty and hot. There were not bathrooms and people were forced to relieve themselves where they sat. People were starving and killing themselves so that way they did not have to live a life of servitude.
Name a positive effect of the Columbian Exchange
Cultures, food and people were introduced to new places
Name something that Columbus brought TO America
Colonists, horses, wheat, sugar cane, germs and diseases
What year was Columbus' 1st voyage? How many voyages IN TOTAL, did Columbus go on?
1492, 4 voyages