Explorers & More
reached the Bahamas in 1492
who was Christopher Columbus
a trade route: slaves to Caribbean, sugar to Europe, manufactured goods to Africa; made regions complicit and supportive of slavery
what is the triangular trade
Magellan's starting point when his crew began circumnavigating the globe
Spain
why did the number of Native American slaves traded on the Columbian Exchange decrease for a period of time?
what is due to disease wiping out Native Americans
Columbus believed he reached what continent?
explorer that determined the Americas were not a part of Asia.
who was Amerigo Vespucci
The imaginary line dividing the Atlantic Ocean
Line of Demarcation
Magellan sailed on the eastern side of this continent after departing
South America
name two items that arrived in the New World as a result of the Columbian Exchange
what are sugarcane, wheat, bananas, coffee, cows, pigs, chickens, horses, smallpox and slavery
__________ wiped out a significant amount of the Aztec and Incan population before Cortes and Pizarro attacked
what is disease (smallpox)
These natives were exploited and many of them died off due to disease and starvation.
Taino
In 1493, this Pope issued a decree that drew a boundary for Spain and Portugal
Pope Alexander VI
After sailing around the southern tip of Argentina, Magellan sailed west to these set of islands. This is were he met his end.
Philippines
name two items that arrived in the Old World as a result of the Columbian Exchange
what are tomatoes, potatoes, chocolate, corn, tobacco and turkeys
What explorer was first to see the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
first explorer to circumnavigate the globe; located passageway around South America and located the Spice Islands
who was Ferdinand Magellan
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
colonies provided raw materials to the mother country; mother countries got rich, colonies remained poor, created a race for colonies
what is mercantilism
name two positive consequences of the Columbian Exchange
what is improved diets, world population doubled, animals remade cultures and Spanish silver improved world trade
As a result of the Columbian Exchange, mountain-dwelling Native Americans acquired these and moved down to the Great Plains.
Horses
This royal crown sponsored Chistopher Columbus's voyage to America
divided land between Spain and Portugal; it gave Spain most of the New World except for Brazil
what is the Treaty of Tordesillas
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
Elcano finished circumnavigating the globe bypassing the _______ ____ _______ _______ located in southern _________.
Cape of Good Hope; Africa
name two negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange
what are disease wiped out Native Americans, environmental degradation and the Atlantic slave trade created a legacy of racism and inequality
Europeans began looking for a new labor source as a result of the so many Native American deaths. Where did they look to solve the labor shortage
Africa