Definitions
What is the definition of Maize?
Maize is corn!
Where did Christopher Columbus want to travel?
To Aisa
What contagious disease did the Europeans spread to the indigenous people of the Americas?
Smallpox
What is the definition of the Columbian Exchange?
A transfer of food, plants, and animals. This went Between the old and new world.
Who was the first to cross the Atlantic and reach the "new world"?
Christopher Columbus
Name Two Disadvantages?
Death and Slavery
What is smallpox?
A deadly and contagious disease that spread to Africa.
Where exactly did Christopher Columbus land?
The Caribbean (Haiti)
What did sailors call the common vitamin C deficiency?
Scurvy
Who was Christoper Columbus?
Christoper Columbus was an Italian navigator who crossed the Atlantic in 1492.
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate (cross) the whole world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What technology did Europeans have that the native Americans did not?
advanced weapons and ships
What is a Colony?
A Colony is people and land separated from the government.
Where did the conquistador Hernan Cortes explore?
Mesoamerica, Aztec empire
How long did it take to cross the Atlantic ocean by caravel?
3 months