Age of Exploration
These were the "Three G's" that motivated European explorers.
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
Though he died in the Philippines, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
n mercantilism, a country wants to export more than it imports. This is called a favorable ______ ____ ______.
What is Balance of Trade?
This was the brutal journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
About 90% of this population is estimated to have died from diseases like smallpox.
Who are the American natives?
This new, lighter ship design used triangular sails to travel against the wind.
What is the Caravel?
He "discovered" the Americas in 1492 while looking for a route to India.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
According to mercantilist theory, this is the primary purpose of a colony.
What is to provide raw materials and a market for the mother country?
These "conquerors" from Spain took down the Aztec and Inca Empires.
Who are Conquistadors?
This person founded a school for navigation in Portugal.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
This 1494 treaty "split" the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This term describes the global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This Spanish system forced Native Americans to work on farms, ranches, or in mines.
What is the Encomienda System?
Conquistadores were primarily motivated by this economic theory, believing that the world's wealth was finite and they had to seize it first.
What is Mercantilism?
This device allowed sailors to determine their latitude by using the stars.
What is the Astrolabe?
This Spaniard led the expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and captured Emperor Moctezuma II.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This leg of the Triangular Trade took manufactured goods from Europe to Africa.
What is the First Leg?
Unlike Spain’s focus on gold, New France’s economy was primarily built on this trade.
What is the Fur Trade?
Because they needed help navigating and trapping, the French tended to have much better relationships with this group than the British did.
Who are Native Americans?
This nation led the way in early exploration, specifically by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.
What is Portugal?
He conquered the Inca Empire in Peru, taking advantage of a civil war and superior European weaponry.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This crop, grown in the Caribbean and Brazil, was the main driver of the demand for enslaved labor.
What is Sugar?
While the Spanish sought gold, the English in the Chesapeake region eventually found "Brown Gold" in this cash crop.
What is Tobacco?
These were the Spanish-born Spaniards residing in the New World who held the highest social status and government positions.
Who are Peninsulares?