Cultural and Climate Regions
True or False: The size does not matter when defining something as a cultural region
True
What continents were included in the Triangular Trade?
Europe, Africa, Americas
When did the Transatlantic slave trade begin?
The slave trade began in the late 1400s
What is a Conquistadores?
Spanish for “conquerors"
What has caused harm to Rain Forests?
Human development, such as logging and population growth, has changed the environment, and the rain forests in the United States are not as widespread anymore.
What was brought from Europe to Africa?
Typically a ship full of manufactured goods would set sail from a European port headed for the west coast of Africa.
What is the definition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
The forced migration of millions of captured and enslaved people from Africa to the Americas is known as the transatlantic slave trade.
What empire did Hernan Cortes take over?
The Aztec Empire in modern day Mexico City
What characteristics can be used to define a cultural region?
It can include beliefs, arts, institutions, food, music,
What was brought from Africa to the Americas?
traders would exchange their goods for enslaved Africans and set sail for the West Indies, where they would exchange the enslaved Africans for sugar and tobacco
True or False: A total of about 12 million enslaved people were taken from Africa from the 1400s through the 1800s.
True
What is the Columbian Exchange?
After 1492, various plants, animals, and diseases began to cross the Atlantic from one hemisphere to the other.
This movement of goods, ideas, people, and diseases changed the course of world history by expanding global trade and establishing new cultural interactions
A person born in Pennsylvania Dutch Country who moved to Los Angeles would notice which of the following changes?
a wider diversity of ethnic groups
What was brought from the Americas to Europe?
Ships were loaded with raw goods, such as sugar, rum, tobacco, and furs, for the return trip to Europe.
Why did the slave trade begin?
European diseases had wiped out Native American populations. Though many of the surviving Native Americans were enslaved, there were not enough of them to meet the demand.
What was one of the goals of Spanish Conquistadores?
To find gold in the New World and they were hoping to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What type of culture influences the Southwest region? (name at least 1)
the blend of Native American and Spanish heritages together with Anglo-American and African-American traditions.
(must say at least 1 to get points)
What countries did most slave ships travel to?
The Caribbean and Brazil
Describe enslaved peoples journey to the Americas
While traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, a voyage called the Middle Passage, there were often outbreaks of disease and violent resistance. As many as 13 percent of the enslaved Africans died as a result.
What were Encomiendas?
The encomienda was the system that the Spanish government used to try to control Native Americans in the American colonies in the 1500s. The encomienda was a form of slavery for the Native Americans. The Spanish officials did not protect the Native Americans, often taking their land instead.