Columbian Exchange
What ocean did the Europeans travel across to get to the Americas?
Atlantic Ocean
Which continent got wealthier from the Columbian Exchange?
Europe
Which continent had a longer life expectancy?
Europe
What percent of Native Americans were killed by diseases?
95%
What was being sent from the Americas to Europe?
raw materials
Name 2 European countries that began to explore the world during the Age of Exploration.
Possible: England, Portugal, Spain, France, Netherlands
What was the Encomienda system?
Which group of people died quickly from European diseases?
Native Americans
Why did Europeans want to take over the Americas?
gain new land to become more wealthy and powerful.
What was being sent from Europe to Africa?
manufactured goods (cloth, guns, tools)
When was the official start of the Columbian Exchange? hint: who discovered the Americas by accident?
1492 - Christopher Columbus
What industries began in the New World?
cattle ranching, coffee growing, and coffee roasting
What religion did most Europeans practice?
Christianity
What is a positive effect of European exploration for all groups?
marked the beginning of trade between the continents.
Who was being sent from Africa to the Americas?
enslaved Africans
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
How did the Europeans get wealthier from the Columbian Exchange?
resources were taken from the New World and sent to Europe to be sold.
schools and churches
When were the first Africans brought to the New World?
1518
Culturally, Latin America was impacted by which two continents?
Africa and Europe
Name one continent from the Old World and one from the New World.
NW: North and South America
OW: Europe, Africa, Asia
How did the Encomienda system affect Native Americans?
Why did indigenous religions and languages decline?
Native Americans were forced to convert religions and go to school to learn English. Overtime, their own religions and languages declined.
Africans were used to work on what kind of plantations?
sugar plantations
The Triangular Trade connected which 3 areas?
Europe, Africa, and the Americas