Explorers
African Empire
Maps
Trade
Transatlantic Slave Trade
100
This Italian explorer went to find a route to India but found the Caribbean instead
Christopher Columbus
100
What does Sahara mean?
Desert
100
Identify this country
China
100
Which continents were involved in the triangular trade
Africa, Europe, and North America
100
Who were the first European traders to arrive in West Africa?
The Portuguese
200
This explorer is credited as the first to lead an expedition that would circumnavigate the globe, though he did not survive
Ferdinand Magellan
200
Which city is the cultural center of Songhai?
Timbuktu
200
Identify this country
Brazil
200
The second leg of the Triangle trade is also known as the
Middle Passage
200
The transatlantic slave trade was what branch of the Triangular trade?
The middle passage
300
Which explorer had the first successful trip around Africa to India
Vasco de Gama
300
Which religion was practiced by the rulers of the Songhai empire
Islam
300
Identify this African Empire
Songhai Empire
300
The first leg was between what two continents
Europe to Africa
300
What century did the Slave trade start to increase?
the 1700s
400
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
400
Africa is made up of what three geographical features?
Sahara desert, sahel, and the savanna
400
Identify this African Kingdom
Zulu
400
What was traded in the third leg of the triangular trade
Raw materials (tobacco, crops, rum, and sugar)
400
Which nations partook the most in Middle Passage voyages?
Portugal, Great Britain, and France
500
Which Portuguese prince was known as the "pioneer" of the Age of Exploration
Henry the Navigator
500
Which African empires had economies built on the slave trade?
Songhai, Asante, and Kongo empire
500
Identify this country on the map
Netherlands
500
What goods were brought from the Old World to the New World in the Columbian Exchange? Name three
Cattle, coffee, horses, disease, honeybees
500
What are the lasting effects of the Transatlantic slave trade
Racism, the US civil war, plantation system in the United State, the way the US congress is built