Exploration
Travel and Trade
Colonization
Columbian Exchange
Fun
100
What was the motive for European exploration?
Expanding trade routes to get access to goods, obtain resources, and spread Christianity.
100
what did Columbus "discover"
The Americas
100
Why did Europeans establish colonies throughout the Americas?
To supply raw materials and fuel the great expansion.
100
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres as a result of exploration
Columbian Exchange
100
when was the declaration of independence signed?
Aug. 2, 1776
200
What phrase is used to summarize the motive behind European expansion?
"Gold, Glory, and God".
200
What crops did the Europeans bring to the Americas?
Rice, cotton, wheat, and rye. 
200
What was the reason for the French settling in Montreal
It was a base for Catholic evangelization.
200
what did the Europeans exchange between hemispheres
Iron and steel farming tools, the Idea of animal-pulled plows, firearms, and knives.
200
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
300
Where did the Portuguese search for gold?
Along the west coast of Africa.
300
Why was it called the triangle trade?
The vast trade network resembles the three points of a triangle.
300
what was one reason for England's colonize?
To become more self-sufficient.
300
what foods from the Americas encouraged a population increase in the Qing dynasty?
Maize and sweet corn.
300
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
Madam C.J. Walker
400
where did Columbia and his crew end up instead of Asia?
The Americas.
400
Where did the Portuguese reach in 1460?
Present-day Sierra Leone
400
How were the colonies in England operated and administrated?
By shareholders who belonged to a joint-stock company.
400
What countries had no immunity to European diseases
Mexico and central and south America.
400
What does the 19th Amendment guarantee
The right for women to vote.
500
What countries sent explorers to the Americas to claim territory and new sources of wealth?
France, England, and the Dutch.
500
The journey from the Africa to the Americas
The middle passage.
500
What was the colony along the Hutson River called?
New Netherland.
500
what diseases were carried over?
smallpox, measles, and typhus.
500
Which era marked a switch from agricultural practices to industrial practices?
The Industrial Revolution