Explorers
What a great first name! North and South America are named after this Italian Explorer
Amerigo Vespucci
Accumulating wealth by exporting more then you import is what type of economic system?
Mercantilism
Which group of people were considered the first Europeans to discover America?
Vikings
The voyage from Africa to America that enslaved roughly 15 million African Americans was called...
Middle Passage
The widespread transfer of people, food, ideas, and trade between the Old World and the New is referred to as...
Columbian Exchange
Nice boat eh! This Italian explorer traveled to Newfoundland and went to Canada three times
John Cabot
True / False: African kingdoms and populations willingly participated in the slave trade
True
What religion did Europeans want to spread to the New World?
Christianity
This explorer got his own holiday on October 13th! Credited with discovering the New World
Christopher Columbus
This geometric shape is a great reference when referring to trade markets between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangle Trade
This very large bay in Canada is named for this explorer. Also claimed New York for the Dutch.
Henry Hudson
What TYPE of materials did mother countries expect to receive from her colonies?
Raw
What was considered the most dramatic impact Europeans had on native populations?
Disease
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed what is today Mexico for Spain
Hernan Cortes
A term for something you SELL to other countries
Export
Which explorer is credited, even though he died on the trip, with circumventing the Earth?
Not interested in money, this explorer was interested in living forever and tried to find the "Fountain of Youth" in what is today Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Name one of the three reasons explorers traveled to the New World.
1. Navigational Improvements
2. Mercantilism (wealth / money)
3. Social Changes in Europe
This conquistador conquered the Inca civilization in South America in what is today Peru
Francisco Pizzaro
A term for something you BUY from other countries
Import
French explorer who went looking for the Northwest Passage, claimed land in Canada for France
Jacques Cartier
Cotton and Tobacco are a couple examples of this type of staple that have a high demand.
Cash Crop
Replated to Mercantilism, this economic system allows private owners to manage private businesses to make a profit and would be the main system in the West.
Capitalism
This conquistador conquered Northern Mexico and even made it as far as the United States in what is today Arizona.
Francisco Coronado
Brazil