Pre-European Civilizations
The Civilization that built floating gardens called Chinampas
The Aztecs
The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas is called:
The Columbian Exchange
What is mercantilism?
Mercantilism is an economic system where colonies exist to make the mother country rich.
A fast, new ship used by explorers
A caravel
( ) had little immunity to European diseases.
Native Americans
Name one disease from Europe to America
any of these is correct: influenza, measles, chicken pox malaria, diphtheria, small pox, typhus
Name one mother country
Lines that measure north and south of the EQUATOR
Latitude
The mountain range that the Incas were located in
The Andes
Gold, God, Glory
What did we compare raw goods to?
Metal, car parts
Especially this disease killed millions in America
small pox
Longitude measures what direction and from what imaginary line?
East and West from the Prime Meridian
____ were skilled orators
Aztecs
The French mainly wanted _____ from North America?
Fur
Name two SOUTHERN colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Christopher Columbus' three ships... (Yes it is vocab)
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
The Incas capital city was..?
Technotian
Why did Native Americans lack immunity?
Native Americans were more susceptible to diseases than Europeans because of no earlier exposure.
When did the Columbian Exchange start?
1492
Describe assimilation
Assimilating or adapting to another culture