3G Network
What phrase summarized European motives for exploration?
What is Gold, Glory, and God?
Which device helped sailors determine direction at sea?
What is the compass
Which economic theory focused on building national wealth through gold and silver?
What is mercantilism?
What is the term for the transfer of plants, animals, and ideas between hemispheres?
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What labor system forced Native Americans to work for Spanish settlers?
What is the encomienda system?
Europeans sought new trade routes to reach what continent’s goods?
What is Asia
This instrument allowed sailors to measure latitude using the stars.
What is the astrolabe?
Colonies existed to benefit what entity?
What is the mother country?
What two crops from the Americas improved European
What are corn and potatoes?
As Native populations declined, Europeans turned to what labor source?
What is African slavery?
One goal of exploration was spreading what religion?
What is Christianity
What ship was designed for long voyages and could sail against the wind?
What is the caravel?
Under mercantilism, colonies provided raw materials and bought what?
What are manufactured goods?
What disease devastated Native American populations?
What is smallpox?
What determined a person’s status in Spanish colonies?
What is birthplace and ancestory?
Which European nations competed to establish overseas empires?
Who are Spain, Portugal, England, and France?
How did understanding winds and currents help exploration?
It made voyages faster and safer.
What was the main goal of mercantilism?
What is to achieve a favorable balance of trade?
Name one animal brought to the New World by Europeans.
What is the horse (or cattle, pigs, sheep)?
Which continent gained the most wealth from exploration?
What is Europe?
How did competition among nations lead to global conflict?
It caused wars and colonization rivalries for resources.
Which invention made recording and sharing maps easier?
What is the printing press?
How did mercantilism encourage exploration?
It motivated nations to seek new markets and resources.
How did the Columbian Exchange change global population patterns?
What was it increased population in Europe and decreased it in the Americas.
How did the slave trade affect Africa?
What was it caused population loss and social disruption?