Vocabulary
What is the title of this Unit?
Age of Exploration
Who sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What are the names of the two different hemispheres in the Columbian Exchange?
New and Old World
What is the Middle Passage?
A trade route that transported Africans to America's for enslavement
What is Mrs. Peterson maiden name?
Ms. Simpson
Who was the first to set sail to the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Who sent Christopher Columbus to find a different passage to Asia?
King and Queen of Spain
What Continents were involved in the Columbian Exchange?
Europe, Africa, North American, and South America
Who was the first country to start bringing over enslaved Africans?
Portugal
What is Mrs. Peterson favorite food?
Spaghetti
Who daughter was Queen Elizabeth the 1st?
King Henry the 8th
Who sailed to the New World in search for the infamous "fountain of youth"?
Juan Ponce De Leon
What was brought over from the Old World that ended killing millions of Natives?
Disease
By the end of the 18th century, how many enslaved Africans were brought to the America's?
10 million
Where did Mrs. Peterson graduate from College?
UNCC
What Spanish system allowed for you to enslave individuals as long as they converted them to Christianity?
Encomienda system
Which explorer wiped out the Aztecs and conquered Mexico?
Hernan Cortez
Where did grapes originate from?
Old World
Which country ended up establishing the Royal African Company?
England
What is 20 x 56?
720
Who had the nickname of the "sun King"?
Louis XIV
America is named after this explorer...
Amerigo Vespucci
What piece of cattle was brought over from the Old World to the New World that changed the lifestyle of the Natives?
Horses.
What country ended up bringing most of the Africans over into enslavement?
England
What century did the vikings come over to the New world?
11th century