Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Used a magnetic needle to help determine direction
Compass
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail on his for exploration for Spain?
1492
What is the name of Mrs. Fergusons favorite phone?
Motorola Razor
Which imported livestock did the native Americans cherish?
Horse
Spanish explorer is credited as the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
An imaginary line that divides the Americas between Spain and Portugal.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Which country established a major trading post in New Amsterdam?
Netherlands (the Dutch)
Which section of the triangular trade routes was named the middle passage?
The trans-Atlantic journey from West Africa to the Americas.
Define Columbian Exchange
Exchange of plants, animals, technology, and disease between the "Old World" and the "New World".
Portuguese explorer who created a navigational school
Prince Henry
What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sponsor Columbus to do?
Find a western route to Asia for trade.
A town in South Africa set up by Dutch farmers.
Cape Town
Describe the major effect the trans-Atlantic slave trade had on Western Africa.
Drastic reduction in population.
The human effect of the Columbian Exchange.
The native populations of The Americas were decimated due to the transfer European disease.
Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa to find a waterway to India
Vasco Da Gama
Over all, which country utilized the forced labor system called encomienda?
Spain
First English colony in America.
Jamestown
2 Reasons Africans were used for enslaved labor
Strength
Immunity
Closest source of slave labor
Lack of local natives
What is the building of wealth because of a favorable balance of trade?
Mercantilism
Famous explorer supported by the Dutch East India Company and known for exploring the water ways in and around New Amsterdam.
Henry Hudson
A country in the Americas where France focused their explorations on.
Canada
A compact the pilgrims signed before coming ashore at Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
Which country was first to set up trading ports in West Africa for the use in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Portugal
This is a system that Spain used that granted lands to Spanish Explorers.
Encomienda system