This region played a major role in early American trade and settlement.
Northeast
Explorer who opened the Americas to Europe
Columbus
Movement challenging Catholic authority
Reformation
Region exporting manufactured goods
Europe
This river valley served as a major trade and transportation corridor.
Explorer linked to Florida exploration
Leon
Catholic response to Protestantism
Counter-Reformation
Raw material traded from the Americas to Europe
Tobacco / Cotton / Sugar
Primary factor shaping Indigenous cultural regions
Environmental
Explorer of the Southwest
Coronado
Result of Spain’s Reconquista
Catholicism
Continent where enslaved people were captured
Africa
Natural resource common in forested Indigenous regions
Fish /Plants / wood/
Navigation tool for direction
Compass
Institution strengthened by the Counter-Reformation
Church
Africa’s primary Atlantic trade export
Labor / Enslavement
What most influenced Indigenous daily life
adaptation
Tool used to calculate latitude
Astrolabe
Cause of religious rivalry between Spain and England
Reformation
Region benefiting most from Atlantic trade
Europe