Vocabulary
People who moved from place to place
nomads
Columbus's ships
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Native Americans did not have immunity to what Europeans brought with them:
diseases
This explorer set up trading posts in West Africa for the purpose of finding and trading gold and ivory
Prince Henry the Navigator
This group built pueblos in the southwestern U.S.
Anasazi
land = _____ = _____
money = power
The exchange of plants, animals, humans, and diseases between the Old World and New World
Columbian Exchange
In 1513, Vasco de Balboa was the first European to see this:
the Pacific Ocean
One of the diseases that decimated indigenous peoples
small pox
diphtheria
dystenery
flu
whooping cough
Bartholomew Dias' greatest achievement was this:
He sailed to the Southern tip of Africa
This group from the southwestern U.S. were known for developing water-saving strategies in dry climates; they built hundreds of miles of irrigation channels
Hohokam
Reason for early Spanish & Portuguese exploration to Asia
search for spices
The process of settling a place away from your place of origin
colonization
What is Herman Cortes' known achievement?
He took down the Aztec empire with disease
The Atlantic Slave Trade is also known as
Triangular Trade
What did Bartholomew Dias name the southern tip of Africa where he sailed?
Cape of Good Hope
These people built mounds in present-day Illinois
3 G's of exploration
Document that divided up the New World between Spain & Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
He was the first sailor to circumnavigate the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
2 impacts of colonization on the New World
slavery
Columbian Exchange
globalization
colonization
What was Vasco de Gama known for?
He discovered a sea route to the East
Society located in present day central America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize); known for their massive pyramids, astronomy, and trade routes
Maya
1400s-1600s
This word means, "to sail around the world."
circumnavigate
This explorer sailed to the America's under the flag of Spain and discovered the Bahamas
Christopher Columbus
Number of people who were captured and forced into slavery during the slave trade
12.5 million
True/False:
The Portuguese sailed because they wanted more land.
FALSE
This society was located in present day Mexico; known for their military empire, worship of the sun god (sun stones), and floating gardens
Aztecs
Explorer who sailed for England in search of a Northwest Passage to Asia
John Cabot
When different parts of the world become interconnected through the exchange of goods, people, and ideas
globalization
This conquistador took over the Aztec empire and this resulted in the collapse of the empire.
Hernan Cortes
Area in the New World where most slaves were sent
Brazil and the Caribbean
T/F They were the first explorers to reach India
true
This society was located in present-day Chile, Argentina and Peru; built the famous city Macchu Picchu; known for their rope bridges; created the city of Cuzco
Inca
This French explorer sailed to the New World and discovered present-day Montreal
Jacques Cartier
an economic system with government controlled trade; emphasized need for more exports than imports
mercantilism
This conquistador conquered the Incas
Pizarro
sugar cane plantations
3 important technological advancements used by early Portuguese & Spanish explorers that made exploration possible
astrolobe, magnetic compass, caravel
governments that linked different groups
federation
5 countries involved in early exploration (must get all 5)
Spain, Portugal, France, England, the Netherlands