European Exploration
European Colonies in the Americas
European Colonies in the Americas Part 2
The Atlantic Slave Trade
100
Which European country was the first to launch large-scale sea voyages?
Portugal
100
The Spanish colonial economy was based on _____ and ______.
Gold and Silver
100
The French colonial economies depended on ______ and ______.
Fish and Fur
100
The trip taken by African captives to the Americas was called the ___________
Middle Passage
200
European nations were looking to get to Asia to access what kind of goods?
Silk, spices, jade, perfumes...
200
The Spanish defeated the __________. (The last American Indian civilization in Mexico)
Aztec
200
What percentage of Native Americans died in Spanish colonies due to disease?
Up to 90%
200
Why did colonists need so many slaves from Africa?
Work on plantations OR the Native American slaves had died from disease
300
What was the route of the first Portuguese sea voyage to Asia?
Around Africa
300
Of the European nations we discussed, which had a good relationship with the Native Americans in their colonies?
France
300
What was the exchange of food and animals between Europe and the Americas called?
Columbian Exchange
300
What is the third step of the Triangular Trade?
Take American goods back to Europe
400
Which country approved the first voyage that attempted to reach Asia by sailing directly west around the world?
Spain (Christopher Columbus)
400
Which treaty explains why Brazil has the largest Portuguese-speaking population in the world.
Treaty of Tordesilla
400
Which European country did not establish sugar plantations in the Caribbean?
Spain
400
It was not uncommon for _______% of captives to die on the way over to the Americas.
10-20
500
Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
500
During the mercantilist era, wealth was measured by the amount of _______ that a nation possessed.
Gold and Silver
500
Why do we still refer to Native Americans as "Indians"?
Columbus thought he was in the West Indies when he landed in the Caribbean?
500
What is the spread of people of African descent throughout the Americas called?
African Diaspora
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