American Indians
What is the middle passage?
enslaved Africans’ transatlantic journey to the Americas on a slave ship
In what ways were Native American tribes different region to region?
•housing, language, economy, food, beliefs
Portuguese rounded the southern tip of Africa and found what?
Salt, gold
Cortez sailed to?
Mexico
What disease killed off 90% of Native Americans?
Smallpox
the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus’s journey
NColumbian Exchange
What led to the growth of civilizations?
Agriculture
Between 1500 and 1800, how many slaves crossed the Atlantic?
11 million
Who sailed to the Mississippi River
Hernando
Which animals were introduced to the Americas?
horses, mules, cattle, and sheep
What were the causes and effects of European arrival in the Americas?
search for an all-water route to Asia
The arrival of European settlers and enslaved Africans brought traumatic changes to the many complex Native American cultures.
What led to the voyages of exploration?
Agriculture and economic wealth
Why Africans for slavery?
1. Had experience farming
2. less likely to run away
3. Was immune to European diseases
What year did Hernan Cortes defeat the Aztecs?
1519-21
How did people cross over into other countries?
Land bridge
When did Christopher sail the ocean to the new world?
1492
What percent of Africans didn't survive the journey to the new world?
20%
Which conquistador traveled to Florida in 1513?
Juan Ponce de Leon
They lived in extended family groups called
clans
What was found in the new world when Christopher landed
Native Americans, spices
When slaves were bought, their new masters did what to their bodies
Branded them to mark them as property
Who went to Peru
Pizarro