Christopher Columbus
This explorer is credited with discovering lands in the Americas in 1492.Who is Christopher Columbus?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This three-word phrase summarizes the main reasons European explorers set sail.
What is "God, Glory, and Gold"?
This term describes the exchange of goods, people, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This describes the trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade?
This economic system was based on using colonies to make the mother country rich.
What is Mercantilism?
This empire, which ruled China during 1450-1750, was known for being very large and diverse.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
Columbus was originally looking for a faster trade route to this place.
What is Asia?
Europeans were motivated to spread this religion during exploration.
What is Christianity?
This crop, introduced to Europe from the Americas, helped increase populations.
What is Corn?
Enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the Americas on this voyage.
What is the Middle Passage?
Under Mercantilism, countries tried to export these and import as little as possible.
What are goods/products?
This European empire grew very rich from its colonies in the Americas and the Caribbean.
What is the Spanish Empire?
What Country funded Columbus' voyage?
What is Spain?
This economic belief system motivated European countries to explore and gain colonies.
What is Mercantilism?
This deadly disease, brought by Europeans, killed many Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
European ships brought enslaved people from this continent to the Americas.
What is Africa?
Colonies sent these kinds of materials, like sugar and cotton, to their mother countries.
What are raw materials?
The Spanish Empire conquered these two Native American empires in the Americas.
What are the Aztec and Inca Empires?
Columbus' arrival in the New World negatively affected Native Americans by?
What is spreading diseases?
Many explorers wanted to find new trade routes to this part of the world for spices and riches.
What is Asia?
This animal, introduced by Europeans, changed Native American life, especially for hunting.
What is the horse?
Enslaved Africans were forced to work on plantations growing this major cash crop in the Americas.
What is cotton or tobacco?
European nations set up colonies to get raw materials and maximize profits by controlling this aspect of trade.
What is exporting more than importing (or maximizing exports)?
The Qing Dynasty expanded inland and established control over this region, while growing trade.
What is Central Asia?
Columbus' discovery led to more of these types of Journeys to the New World.
European explorers wanted their countries to be richer and stronger than others. This motivation is often summed up by one word.
What is glory?
These two crops from the Americas became important in Europe after the Columbian Exchange.
What are potatoes and corn?
Ships from the Americas brought these resources back to Europe as part of the trade system.
What are raw materials (like sugar, cotton, tobacco)?
Under Mercantilism, colonies could only trade with this country.
What is the mother country (or Europe)?
By the 1700s, this European empire had colonies in the Americas, the Caribbean, and parts of Africa.
What is the British Empire?