Euro Travelin'
What were the three motivations of the Europeans to explore trade routes to Asia by water?
Gold, God, and Glory
Which European explorer led 4 voyages to the New World from 1492 - 1504 and led to permanent contact between the New and Old World?
Christopher Columbus (Daily Double #3)
As part of the Triangle Trade, slaves were brought from which part of Africa (north, south, east, or west)?
West Africa (Daily Double #1)
Native Americans lost what percentage of their population due to European contact?
90%
This enduring issue means control or influence and is shown by the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas.
Power
Who created a school for navigation that helped start the Age of Exploration?
Which trade route was created through the Colombian Exchange?
The Triangle Trade (Atlantic Slave Trade)
What was the name of the Spanish Social ranking system based on birth and race?
The Casta System
The great mystery of the Mayan civilization is "Why did they disappear from their cities?". While many theories exist, most historians believe _________________ caused the Maya to disapopear.
Climate Change (Environmental Destruction, It got too hot, There wasn't enough rain)
This enduring issue means lack of something you need and shown by the Aztecs lack of allies against the Spanish invaders.
Scarcity
The Treaty of Tordesillas split the globe into two halves for colonization. Which two countries were involved?
Portugal and Spain (Daily Double #2)
During the Age of Exploration, European kingdoms built colonies in the New World hoping to make lots of money. Which economic theory says a country's power is determined by its wealth?
Mercantilism
What was the name of the economic system used in Spanish colonies that used slave labor?
Encomienda System
The Inca, Maya, and the Aztecs all had advanced technology that helped maintain empires of millions. What was the Aztec invention that allowed for farming in water?
Chinampas
This enduring issue means a lack of fairness or justice and is shown by the transportation of millions of African slaves to the New World.
Inequity
Europeans needed new technology to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas and Africa. They used an astrolabe (star charts) to find their location. They used a compass to figure out direction. And a ship with triangle sails called a __________
Caravel
Name one positive effect and one negative effect of the Colombian exchange
Positive - New Animals, New Plants, New Technology, New Medicines, New Culture
Negative - Disease, Forced Migration, Slavery, Colonization
Which region of the New World received the greatest amount of slaves?
The Caribbean
Why did the Inca use terrace farming in the Andes Mountains?
To have more farmland (Daily Double #4)
This enduring issue means a disagreement or argument between groups and is shown by Portugal and Spain's fight over colonies in the Americas.
Conflict
Portugal sent out thousands of sailors from their famous School of Navigation. 3 famous ones were: Bartolomeu Dias, the first European to sail to Africa's southern coast; Vasco Da Gama, the first European to reach India by sea; and this sailor who's voyage was first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Explain how the Triangle Trade sytem worked.
The Encomienda system forced Native Americans to be slaves for the Europeans. What two "benefits" were the given for being slaves?
Protection and Christianity (will count it if you say religion and then correctly guess the right one).
Which empire used the Mita System and explain what it is
The Inca; a tax system paid through labor not money
Innovations