Causes of the Age of Exploration
What were the three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration?
to find gold and riches, explore and claim new lands, and to spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
The cruel, unfair, treatment of individuals while offering no pay is _______.
Enslavement
this is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
This was where the Aztec Empire's Capital Tenotchtitlan was located
Mexico
What new technology helped explores navigate long distance?
The compass
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
Which three items does Jared Diamond argue led to the Spanish being able to Conquer the natives?
Guns
Germs
Steel
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus?
Where was the Inca Empire?
Peru
Diamond Theory
What are the three motives for Explorations?
God
Glory
Gold
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the AOE?
Most died due to foreign diseases.
Led the conquests in South America. He was able to overtake the Inca empire in several months.
Pizarro
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
Who did the Portugues trade with in Africa? What was the impact of this?
Kongo
Led to the transatlantic slave Trade
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.
What animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses!
What type of trade did Christopher Columbus spark that included the trade of ideas, animals, people, and diseases?
The Columbian Exhange
What was the two alternative routes to get to Asia other then the Americas? Why was this problematic?
Go around Africa or travel between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Very dangerous and took months to do.
Had to deal with pirates and weather conditions.
What was the major effect of mining silver in the Americas?
It increased the wealth of Spain.