Age of Exploration
What goods did Europeans buy from Asia on the Silk Road?
Sugar, Spices, Silk, Precious Stones
Africa, Asia and Europe
The Old World
Region where people lived in igloos, ate seals and wore caribou skin
Arctic
African Slaves
The continent that Europeans wanted to get goods like sugar, spice and silk from
Asia
Which country funded Christopher Columbus's voyages?
Spain
The Americas
Region where people migrated following buffalo and lived in teepees
Plains
A social structure that is determined by birth
Caste System
Time period known as Rebirth in which people invented new technologies, created art and became interested in exploring and studying the world
Renaissance
The three big motivators for why Europeans wanted to explore the world
God, Gold and Glory
The transfer of plants, animals and diseases from the Old World to the New World
The Columbian Exchange
The number one thing that affected Native American cultures
Environment
Someone born in America to Spanish parents; second in the Caste System
Creoles
A series of wars to win back the Holy Lands
The Crusades
What three ships did Columbus take on his voyage across the Atlantic?
Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
What is the most impactful thing Native Americans got from the Columbian Exchange?
Disease
Region where people created irrigation channels to water their crops and made homes from adobe clay
Desert/Southwest
Meaning mixed, the middle of the Caste System
Mestizo
The system that gave Conquistadors the right to use Native Americans for labor when they conquered their land
Encomienda
What was Columbus looking for when he discovered the Americas?
A sea route to Asia
About how many Native Americans died because of European explorers?
80%
The region where people made houses and totem poles from the plentiful trees and caught salmon
Northwest
People born in Spain that moved to America; the top of the Caste System
Peninsulares
The favorable balance of trade between a Mother Colony and its colonies