Silk and spices
What were the three ships Christopher Columbus was given to navigate to the New World?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
What major Native empire inhabited Mexico before the Spanish arrived?
Aztecs
What two religions fought wars during the 1500s? Which countries became different religions?
Protestants and Catholics; England and Netherlands became Protestant, Spain and France stayed Catholic
What current day area did New Netherlands get settled on?
New York
In 1453, the Ottoman Empire took control of the city of ___________________ which made it harder for most Europeans to take the land routes to Asia for trade.
Constantinople
What island did Columbus land on and start a settlement?
Hispaniola
What major Native empire inhabited Peru before the Spanish arrived?
Incas
What English Sea Captain sailed for the Netherlands in 1609 and 1611-1612 and discovered areas near current day New York?
Henry Hudson
What was one of the major things that New Netherlands was known for having in their colonies?
Henry the Navigator
What Natives were already living on the island when Columbus got there? What was Columbus’ first reaction to them?
Tainos; He believed they were friendly but not the smartest and they were poor.
Which conquistador conquered Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Which French explorer founded New France and was the first European to discover the Great Lakes?
Samuel Champlain
What did the French become known for trading in the New World?
Fur Trade
Bartolomeu Dias
When Columbus lied to the King and Queen of Spain about the amount of gold he could provide them, what were the two things he did to Natives to make more gold?
He sold off 500 Natives to be slaves and he forced Natives to search for gold for him.
Which conquistador conquered the Peru?
Francisco Pizarro
Which French explorer sailed down the Mississippi River and claimed all the territory around it for France? What did he name this territory?
Robert De La Salle
What was the major treaty between the Spanish and Portuguese that split the New World’s rights to explore between the two countries?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Name all five causes of death for the Natives on the island Columbus settled when thousands of them died between 1492-1504.
Disease, starvation, war, amputation, and suicide
How did the Spanish treat the natives once they conquered Mexico? What major religion did they convert them to?
Treated them very poorly and made them slaves; converted them to Christianity or Catholicism
What were the two major differences between the French territories in the New World and other European territories in the New World?
The French were kind to the Natives and traded with them as well as French territories did not have large amounts of people on them.
What monk is famous for nailing the list of 95 complaints to the Catholic Church to his church’s doors and beginning Protestantism in Europe in the 1500s?
Martin Luther