Explorers
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 while searching for a route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
European explorers hoped to find new sea routes to this continent's rich markets, including India and China.
Asia
This term describes the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This Chinese admiral led major treasure voyages from 1405 to 1433.
Zheng He
European countries established these overseas territories to control land and resources.
Colonies
His expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, although he died in the Philippines.
Many Europeans wanted to reach Asia to trade for these valuable seasonings and luxury goods.
Spices
Tomatoes, potatoes, and maize originally came from this hemisphere and were introduced to the Old World.
What is the Western Hemisphere, or the Americas?
Zheng He's voyages demonstrated the wealth and power of this Chinese ruling dynasty.
Ming
This forced voyage carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
Middle Passage
his Portuguese explorer reached India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa in 1498.
Vasco Da Gama
Vasco Da Gama sailed directly from portugal to this place
India
Horses, cattle, and pigs were among the animals Europeans introduced to this region.
New World
In the 1500s, Europeans brought firearms, Christianity, and new trade connections to this island nation.
What is Japan?
Portugal established a major colony in this South American country.
Brazil
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire with help from Indigenous allies.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Name one major goal that motivated European exploration: wealth, trade routes, or spreading this.
Christianity
This disease killed huge portions of the Native American popluation
Smallpox
Japan turned to this policy in which you eliminate contact overseas and with other nations
Isolationism
This Empire in Mexico was taken over by the conquestadors
Aztecs
The Americas are named for this explorer
Amerigo Vespuci
Magellan's expedition passed through this strait at the southern tip of South America.
What is the Strait of Magellan?
This Spanish colonial labor system granted colonists the right to demand labor from Indigenous people.
What was the encomienda system?
This port remained open to traders during Japanese Isolationism
This economic theory encouraged countries to build wealth through gold, silver, and favorable trade.
What is mercantilism?