Maya/Aztec /Inca
What is a conquistador?
Where did Columbus first explore?
The Caribbean.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Diffusion of various items between Old World and New World
Where did Christopher Columbus first land in the New World?
The Caribbean Islands!
Main Reason for European exploration of New World after discovering it wasn't India?
Search for New Resources and goods
What is the name of the capital city of the Aztec Empire!
Tenochtitlan!
Where did Hernan Cortes explore and which civilization did he conquer?
Mesoamerica and the Aztec!
Western Europeans were introduced to _____ Because of the columbian exchange
New Food Crops
Why did Europeans want to go to the New World?
The Three G's. God, Glory and Gold.
How were civilizations impacted negatively by contact with Europeans?
Disease destroyed communities and empires.
Where was the Incan Empire located?
Western Coast of South America!
Which country was successful at finding India durning the late 1400s?
Portugal!
Why did European diseases have such a bad effect on Native American populations?
American Indians had no immunity.
What was the best reason for why Europeans came to the New World?
Attempting to find India for trade.
What was main idea behind Mercantilism?
MORE MONEY MORE POWER!!!!!
What do Aztec and Incan conquest have in common?
Both were heavily impacted by the spread of European diseases.
Who explored and founded what would later become New York?
Henry Hudson
Why where most of the slaves that came to the New World come from Western Africa?
Western Africa closer to New world
What was a result of European Exploration of the New World in the Old World?
Competition between old world countries in the New World!
What was the middle passage?
The passage used by Europeans to travel from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean.
What did the Aztec/Maya/Inca have in-common when looking at their agricultural systems and environment?
Had unique farming techniques and adapted to their surroundings.
Where did the French primarily explore in the New World?
How did the Columbian Exchange impact European merchants?
Made more money because of BOOM in trading!
Who encouraged East Asia exploration?
Marco Polo
What was a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Economic boom for European countries, increase of slavery in the New World, and movement of African people inland in Africa.