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What is a conquistador?
A Spanish soldier who conquers other lands
Where did the European nations colonize in the Americas?
England - Eastern North America Spain - Western part of South America and Central America Portugal - Eastern part of South America France - Mississippi River Valley and Canada
The European countries were trying to find what kind of route to Asia?
An all water route
When it comes to mercantilism, is it more important to A) Export more than you import or B) Import more than you export
Export more than you import
what is the exclusive control of a business or industry called ?
monopoly
What is an astrolabe?
a tool used to help navigate ships
What was the major influence behind the Age of Exploration? (4 Gs)
God; Glory; Gold; Geography
What were the three different types of colonies created by the Europeans in the Americas?
-Plantation colony -Settler colony -Post and Trade Empire
Who is Vasco de Gamma and what did he do?
-A Portuguese explorer who traveled around the tip of Africa and discovered an all water route to Asia
who was Affonso I?
a ruler of Kongo in West Africa
What is a lateen?
A triangular shaped sail on a ship
Which European countries were involved in the Age of Exploration?
England, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, and France ESPN AND FRANCE!!!!!!!!!!
What is the middle passage?
-The middle part of the triangular trade -The passage between Africa and the Americas that the slaves were taken on.
What are at least two concepts of mercantilism?
Export more than you import.
Trade only with your mother country Countries acquire bullion through trade If you trade with other countries, you must pay a tariff
What was the first permanent European settlement?
Cape Town
What is the line of Demarcation?
A line that divided Portuguese and Spanish land in South America with Spain taking the land to the west and Portugal taking the land to the East.
What is the Age of Exploration?
-a time period when Europeans discovered new lands -when European countries were looking for areas in rich areas in resources -when European countries wanted to find an all water route to Asia
What were some of the differences between the three types of colonies created by the Europeans?
Plantation colony- established to produce CASH CROPS (such as sugar and cotton)
Settler colony- Territory governed to increase empires.
Trading post empire-Colonies for the purpose of trade
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
-The first explorer to circumnavigate(go around) the whole world
The Asante Kingdom is what present day country?
Ghana
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of goods, people, ideas, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean.
Name at least two reasons that the Age of Exploration started
-Advanced technology -Competition among nations(countries) -A need to trade with other countries
In what ways did Spain expand its empire in the Americas? Why were they so successful? DAILY DOUBLE!!
-Many of the Native Americans died once they came in contact with the Spanish from diseases such as smallpox and measles -Spanish able to conquer and cause the fall of Aztec and Incan empires through trickery and war -Spanish enslaved many of the remaining Native Americans and literally worked them to death
What policy was used by Asian countries because they wanted to block out other cultures from influencing their people?
Isolationism
All of the following were explores except
A. Columbus
B. Caesar
C. Magellan
D. Vespucci
Caesar