Slave Trade
How many slaves were there during the 16th century?
275,000
What did Christopher Columbus try to persuade Queen Isabella to give him?
Money to fund the exploration
What crop was highly desired by European countries?
Sugar Cane
What's the part of the ship called that the slaves stay in?
Middle Passage
What year did Portugal explore africa?
1420
How many slaves were there during the 17th century?
1 million
What did Columbus want from the Aztecs?
Gold and To make them slaves
What sugary substance was replaced by sugar cane?
Molasses
How many slaves could fit in the Middle Passage?
About 700
Along what coast did they find gold?
Africa's West Coast
How many slaves were there during the 18th century?
6 million
How many years did it take Columbus to conquer the Aztecs?
3 years
The Portuguese took the spice trade from which country?
arabs
What did they do with crew members and slaves that past away on the voyage?
Threw them overboard
Portugal took control what trade
Spice Trade
How many slaves were there during the 19th century?
10 million
Did Christopher Columbus think the world was bigger or smaller than he expected?
BIGGER
The Europeans found what harder to control: Mainlands states or islands states?
Mainland states
Which way did the Portuguese sail to get to the Americas?
Eastward through the Indian Ocean
De Gama
Through the 16th to the 19th Century, Did the slaves increase or decrease?
Increase
Where was Christopher Columbus trying to sail to?
Asia
The Portuguese had the spice trade taken by which country?
The Dutch
Which way did the Spanish sail to get to the Americas?
Westward towards the Atlantic Ocean
Dias went all the way around what?
The Southern Tip