Conquest of Mexico
Who was the person who conquered most of the Mexican area (around the Yucatan peninsula)?
Hernán Cortés.
What was the Columbian exchange?
The trade of slaves, crops, money, and gold from Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
Give one motive for exploration.
Wealth, Religion, Glory, Wealth, Power.
Which two regions of the world were most impacted by the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Africa and the Americas.
Who explored Cuba and the Bahamas?
Christopher Columbus.
Who was Montezuma?
He was the leader of the Aztec empire.
What is Triangular Trade?
The "triangle" of trade from Europe, the Americas, and Africa.
How many trips did Columbus make to the Americas?
4
What happened to Native American populations after European arrival, resulting in the start of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
They were depleted massively because of the extremely harsh conditions that they worked in as slaves. The Europeans then enslaved Africans.
Who explored the Mexican area?
Hernán Cortés.
What is a conquistador?
The people who conquered the Americas that came from Europe.
How was the New World affected by the columbian exhange?
They were given new slaves and money to support the new economy growing there.
True or False: The explorers brought preiests to spread christianity.
True
What were the African Coastal Kingdoms?
The kingdoms in Africa that gained money from selling slaves.
Who created the Silk Road?
Marco Polo.
What was New Spain?
The area that Cortés conquered for Spain.
How was the Old World affected by the Columbian Exchange?
They gained new crops that they had never seen before, as well as more money and precious metals.
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The line that the Pope drew that gave both Spain and Portugal land for colonies.
What is the Middle Passage?
The path taken to take enslaved Africans across the Atlantic
Who explored the area in present day Florida?
Ponce de León.
How did New Spain make money for Spain?
Slaves, new crops, and precious metals.
Give 3 examples of a cash crop.
Coffee, tea, sugarcane, cotton, tobacco, cocoa, spices, rubber, soybeans, and peanuts.
What happened during the Reconquista that caused the Spanish and Portuguese to explore the New World?
Europeans continued forcing conversions, conducting inquisitions, utilizing enslaved labor, and seizing land to convert indigenous populations and extract resources.
True or False: Slavery existed in Africa before the age of exploration.
True.
Who was the Queen in Spain at the time of the exploration?
Queen Isabella.