The Causes of European Exploration
What are the major causes for European Exploration? (3Gs +1)
God, Gold, Glory, and Science
Discovered North America
Christopher Columbus
What was Jared Diamond’s thesis in Guns, Germs, and Steel?
What separates the winners and losers in history was geographic luck, guns, germs, and steel
What was the Colombian Exchange?
A global transfer of ideas, plants, animals, and disease between the Old World and the New World.
What were the 3 parts of the Triangle Trade
Cash Crops for America to Europe, Manufactured Goods from Europe to Africa, and Slaves from Africa to the Americas
What are two major items that the European wanted from Asia?
Spices and Luxury Goods
Conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernando Cortez (Cortes)
What three factors gave the Spanish a major advantage in South America
The Rapier (Steel Sword), The Harquebus (Musket or Gun), and Disease (Smallpox)
What were four major items that were traded from the New World to the Old World
Turkey, Pumpkin, Tomato, Corn, Potato
What was the Middle Passage?
The voyage from Africa to America as slaves faced harsh punishment and severe conditions aboard slave ships
What were at least 4 new areas that were discovered during the Age of Discovery
The New World or North and South America, The Gold Coast or Slave Coast, The West Indies, The East Indies
Sailed around Africa to India
Vasco De Gama
What native empire was conquered by Francisco Pizarro?
The Incan Empire
What were four major items traded from the Old World to the New World?
Diseases, Grains, Domesticated Animals, Citrus Fruits
Why did Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor than Native Americans?
Africans had immunity to most European diseases, and they were physically strong.
What were four technologies that helped the Europeans with safer exploration
Astrolabes, Triangular Sails, the Caravel, Cartography and the Stern-post Rudder
The first explorer to circumnavigate the globe (sailed around the world)
Ferdinand Magellan
What had helped the Europeans to avoid contracting diseases in the New World?
Their contact to domestic animals like pigs and cows gave Europeans greater immunity to these diseases
What is the major goal of Mercantilism
To obtain as much gold as possible and to establish a favorable trade balance.
What were 4 major effects of the African Slave Trade?
Numerous African states waged war against each other to control the slave trade,African families were destroyed, African slaves contributed greatly to the economic and cultural development in the Americas, 10-20 Millions Slaves were traded
What five major European countries were heavily involved in Exploration and the search for trade routes to Asia.
Portugal, Spain, England, France, and The Netherlands
This conquistador conquered the Incan Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Which of the following factors helped Europeans the most in defeating the Aztec and Incan Empires?
The deadly disease of Smallpox
What are Staple Crops?
Crops or food that are used for nutrition and health like Corn and Potatoes