Explorers
What year did Columbus discover the NEW WORLD?
Where did he land ?
Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492.
West Indies
Name the 5 Oceans?
Atlantic Pacific Indian Arctic Southern
Name the Continents in the Eastern Hemisphere.
North and South America
What was the purpose of Columbus' voyage?
To find a faster route to Asia
What is a colony?
A land, run by a foreign power
Who was the first to circumnavigate around the earth ?
Ferdinand Magellan
Name the continents that start with the letter "A" .
Africa Asia Africa Antarctica
What is Mr Connor's favorite dessert?
Funnel Cake
What was shipped from Europe to Africa in the Trans Atlantic Triangular Trade Route
Manufactured Goods
What was the first established settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
Where is the strait of Magellan located ?
Southern tip of South America
Name the 3 states that surround New Jersey.
New York
Delaware
Pennsylvania
When Columbus returned to Europe in 1493, he hoped that countries would be able to do this in the new world.
Colonize them
What was being shipped on the Middle Passage ?
Slaves
Describe what a PURITAN is ?
A person who came to new world to practice their religion PROTESTANT
America is named after, what explorer ?
Amerigo Vespucci
Portugal laid claim to this country in South America.
THEY SPEAK PORTUGESE THERE.
BRAZIL
What continent is _________________ on?
Germany __________________
Brazil __________________
Mexico __________________
Canada ___________________
Europe
South America
North America
North America
What is a manufactured good ?
Man Made.
Explain what ENCOMIENDA ?
A labor system that enslaved the locals and made landlords extremely rich
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes'
The Middle Passage goes from here to there.
Africa to the NEW WORLD... North and South America
Who conquered the Incan's?
Francisco Pizzaro
What was shipped in the Columbian Exchange?
Food , Plants and Animals
4 Reasons they used African slaves rather than local slaves
immune
farming
black
escape