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Encomienda System & Slavery
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Which Country?
100

Portuguese navigator who first circumnavigated the globe

Ferdinand Magellan

100

Portuguese explorer who discovered the southern tip of Africa; proved that ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa

Bartolomeu Dias

100

This group formed the final class at the bottom of the Encomienda System.

Enslaved Native Americans & Africans

100

Europeans brought these over and were responsible for the deaths of millions of Native Americans

Diseases
100
Established the Canadian province of Quebec

France

200

Italian who tried to find a Western passage to Asia, but ended up discovering an entirely"New World"

Christopher Columbus

200

Proved the world was round with his voyage

Ferdinand Magellan

200

The 3 continents involved in the Triangular Trade

North America, Africa, & Asia

200

Who the Columbian Exchange is named after

Christopher Columbus

200

Claimed land along the Hudson River in present-day New York

The Netherlands

300

Spaniard who tried to find the mysterious "Fountain of Youth", but found present-day Florida instead

Juan Ponce de Leon

300

Italian who figured out that Columbus didn't end up in Asia/India, but in a "New World"

Amerigo Vespucci

300

These people in the Americas were originally enslaved before Africans were brought over to replace them

Native Americans

300

Old World or New World? -- chickens

Old World

300

Established colonies of Jamestown & Plymouth in present-day USA

England

400

Portuguese; first explorer to sail safely around Africa to India

Vasco da Gama

400

Spaniard who conquered the Aztec Empire

Hernan Cortes

400
The transfer of slaves from Africa to the Americas in the Triangular Trade
The Middle Passage
400

Old World or New World? -- potatoes

New World

400

Had mostly peaceful relations with Native Americans and focused on the fur trade

France

500

Spaniard who conquered the Inca Empire in South America (modern-day Peru)

Francisco Pizarro

500

Portuguese founder of navigation school; invested much in exploration

Henry the Navigator
500

European born whites living in the Americas (mainly Spanish or Portuguese), ran all govt. positions and were in charge. At the top of the Encomienda System. 

Peninsular

500

The introduction of these improved the way that Plains Native Americans moved & hunted buffalo

Horses
500

Built New Amsterdam, which later became New York

The Netherlands