COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
What is the percentage of people in Latin America killed by diseases as a result of the Columbian exchange
90%
What was the reason behind 80 - 95 % of the indigenous population being eliminated?
Disease - Smallpox
How did Europeans benefit from the ES?
Land and free labor
What were Spain and Portugal preoccupied with?
War in Europe
Who were the Indigenous people resisting against?
The Spanish and Portuguese
what disease was spread from Europeans to Americas
Small Pox
What is one of the resources the Spanish and Portuguese wanted to gain from the Americas?
Gold, Silver, Tobacco, Corn, and Potatoes
What factors caused the ES to not work any longer?
The harsh working conditions and diseases that Indigenous people faced caused many to die and made it harder for Colonizers to sustain labor.
What were the revolutions they got inspiration from?
American and French revolutions
What are the four ways the Indigenous people resisted?
Religion, Military, Language, Migration
Name 5 things that were exchanged between Americas and Europe
Multiple answers
Why was infighting in the Mayan and Inca empires an advantage for the colonizers
The empires were weakened due to the aftermath of a civil war. They had already fought a war and lacked the energy to fight a new one.
What were European landowners in Latin America called?
Encomenderos
Who was the Creole class?
The descendants of Black people and Europeans
What type of warfare was used against the Spanish and Portuguese?
Guerrilla warfare
When did the Columbian exchange start:
1500 1400 or 1480
1400
Why was getting/acquiring more land a motivation for colonization?
The colonizers wanted more land to have more power and glory to be “better” than other European countries/empires
When/what century did the ES begin?
the 1500s
Why was the Creole class discontent?
They were treated like second-class citizens and denied access to power
What did the Indigenous people gain from the Europeans when they learned Spanish/Portuguese?
Respect & power
What percentage of foods eaten today originated in the Americas- 20%, 45,% 30%, 50.2%
30%
The King and Queen thought Latin America seemed a good place to spread Catholicism because..?
Since Spanish leaders thought Latin America had many indigenous languages, they thought that by converting them to Catholicism, they could create a more “civilized society.”
Due to the ES no longer benefiting Europeans as much as previously, what other historical event was a response to the need for more labor?
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Why did revolutions begin?
Enlightenment, Creole discontent, American Revolution, & Spain and Portugal Preoccupied
The combining of Catholicism and Indigenous beliefs was an example of religious ________
Syncretism