Exploration
What trade good was most sought after by Europeans?
Spices
Which two countries signed the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Spain and Portugal
What is an export?
A resource leaving a country to be sold.
What is triangular trade?
The reference of trade between Europe, Africa and America making a triangle through the Atlantic Ocean.
What are the 3 main reasons Europeans started to explore the Atlantic?
God, Glory and Gold
Who succeed in finding a sea trade route to India?
Vasco de Gama
How did the Treaty of Tordesillas divide the new world?
Spain would get all new land discovered to the West and Portugal would get all new land discovered to the East.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New World.
What was the name for the trip between Africa and America for slaves?
The Middle Passage
Why did Europeans stop along the coast of Africa on their way to India?
To restock on supplies.
What empire controlled trade with Asia, forcing Europeans to look for a sea route?
Ottoman Empire
What disease spread from the Spanish to the Native Americans killing millions of their people?
Smallpox
What is one thing that was traded through the Columbian Exchange?
Plants, animals or diseases.
What did Africans want from Europeans?
Guns and textiles
What is a long term effect of Spanish Colonization has had?
Spanish is still spoken in the Americas
What does conquistador mean?
Conqueror
What were the labor camps used by the Spanish on Native Americans?
The Encomienda system
What is one social impact of the Columbian Exchange?
More nutritious foods like corn and potatoes increases population growth
Mass migration of people to the Americas
European expansion of Atlantic Slave Trade
How were African Kingdoms involved in the slave trade?
Some African kingdoms sold enemy tribes into slavery to Europeans to gain power and wealth.
What is an import?
A resource coming into a country to be sold.
Where did Christopher Columbus think he sailed to? Where did he actually sail to?
India and the Americas or Caribbean
Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Native Americans?
They had superior weapons, spread of diseases, and effect ways to travel.
What is Mercantilism?
A nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver.
What is one effect of the Transatlantic Trade?
Many different responses could be accepted.
How did Spanish Colonization cause the African Slave Trade?
The Spanish originally used Native Americans but they were dying out so they used Africans for labor.