Vocab
Latin America
Countries
Americas
Fun
100
What is Evangelization?
The act of converting people to Christianity.
100
Who invaded and conquered the Aztec?
Hernan Cartes.
100
What country sailed around Africa to India?
Portugal.
100
Who discovered the Americas?
Christopher Columbus.
100
What is Maritime?
Seafaring or oceangoing; relating to the sea or ocean.
200
What was the triangular trade network?
A trade network connecting Europe, Africa and the Americas.
200
What disease plagued the Aztec and Incan?
Smallpox.
200
What river did the Dutch settle on?
The Hudson River.
200
What foods were produced and shipped from the Americas to Europe? (name at least 3)
Sugar, molasses, cotton and tobacco.
200
What is balance of trade?
The difference in value between imports and exports.
300
What is Mercantilism?
The thought that a nation's prosperity depended on a large supply of gold and silver.
300
What did the Catholic Church do in Latin America to spread Christianity?
Build churches, hospitals, schools, and missions.
300
What was the first French trading post and settlement in the Americas?
Quebec.
300
What was the journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to America called?
The Middle Passage.
300
What was traded from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange? (name 3)
Cocoa, corn, potatoes, peanuts, and tobacco.
400
What is a Galleon?
A Spanish trading ship that is larger and heavier than a caravel.
400
What is a Peninsular?
A person born on the Iberian Peninsula; usually a Spanish or Portuguese official who temporarily resided in Latin America.
400
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan.
400
How did the introduction of horses affect the Native Americans?
Horses allowed them to travel further faster and follow the bison herds for more effective hunting.
400
What did Europeans bring to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange? (name 4)
Horses, oxen, cattle, iron and steel hoes and axes, animal-pulled plows.
500
What was Encomienda?
The right granted by the Queen to Spanish landowners to use Natives as laborers.
500
How many men did Francisco Pizarro bring with him to South America?
180 men.
500
When several English settlements joined together they became what colony?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony.
500
How did Bartolome de las Casas affect slave labor in the Americas?
He recommended the use of African slave labor as the Natives were becoming Christians and shouldn't be enslaved anymore.
500
Who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartolomeu Dias.