Explorers
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.
What is Christopher Columbus
This group lived in Mexico and were conquered by Cortes.
Who are the Aztecs?
The period that the Atlantic Slave Trade occured
What is the 1400's to 1800's?
This was the name of the transfer of people, goods, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Name two tools used by explorers during the Age of Exploration to help them navigate across the oceans, and explain how each one worked
What is the Astrolabe, the compass, and lanteen sails?
This explorer caused the fall of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernan Cortez?
This civilization was known for being accomplished astronomers and mathematicians
Who are the Mayans?
Name two methods enslaved Africans used to resist
What are hunger strikes and jumping overboard?
List three products that were imported to the "Old World".
What is (answers will vary)
This tool used a magnetic needle to show direction and helped explorers find their way across the sea
What is a compass?
Which two main countries were explorers from?
Spain and Portgual
This group met Columbus in 1492 and many were enslaved or killed by disease
Who are the Taino?
True or False, Slavery was a common occurence in Africa even before the Atlantic Slave Trade started?
Name two things that came from the Old World to the New World.
Answers will vary
Name the country that Columbus sailed for.
What is Spain?
Who was Franciszo Pizarro?
This civilization lived in Peru and believed their emperor was the son of the sun god
Who are in Incas?
What were enslaved people forced to do in the Americas?
What is work on plantations or perform hard labor.
This deadly disease, brought by Europeans, decimated indigenous populations.
What is smallpox?
Name two reasons why maps were not always reliable during the Age of Exploration
What are inaccurate information, unexplored areas, or changing coastlines
Name two risks explorers faced during their voyages
Answers will vary- include- disease (like scurvy), bad weather, getting lost, pirates, mutiny, or death
Which countries or area of the world did the Taino live in?
The Caribbean, including- Puerto Rico and Cuba
Name some of the reasons why the Atlantic Slave Trade began? (ie think about what happened to the Native Americans)
What are the deaths of many Native Americans from disease and overwork, and resistance from the Native Americans to work.
Explain 1 positive and 1 negative effect of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.
What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc.
Name the treat are the Aztecs known for
What is hot chocolate