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Vocabulary
The Taino
Christopher Columbus
The Columbian Exchange
100
Journey made for a special purpose
What is expedition?
100
The name of the people that Columbus met when his ships arrived on October 12, 1492
Who are the Taino?
100
Italian seaman whose mission was a sea route to the Indies
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Movement of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Columbian exchange?
200
King and Queen of Spain who gave Columbus money for his expedition
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
200
This is what Columbus called these people
What are Indians?
200
This is why the King of Portugal refused to give Columbus money for his expedition
What is because he said that the distance to Asia sailing west was much greater than Columbus thought?
200
This is the number of trips Columbus took to the "new world"
What is four?
300
A chain of islands in the West Indies
What are Bahama Islands?
300
These are the two words that we still use today that came from the Taino language
What are canoe and hammock?
300
These are the names of the three ships that Columbus had on his expedition
What are the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
300
These are the two things that Columbus brought back to the King and Queen of Spain
What are parrots and plants unknown in Europe?
400
Capital of El Salvador, believed to be the landing site of Columbus
What is San Salvador?
400
These are the islands on which the Taino lived
What are Bahama Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico?
400
This is the reason why Columbus wanted to sail west to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean
What is because then the cost of trade with Asia would drop and the price of spices from Asia would become cheaper?
400
These are the positive effects of the Columbian exchange
What are the improvement of the diets of people, the increase of food supply in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and the population increase?
500
A settlement far away from the country who rules it
What is colony?
500
These are facts about the Taino canoe and hammock
What are the canoe was made from hallowing out the centers of tree trunks, the canoe was their lifeline, and they used the canoe to fish, trade, and make war; the hammock served as a simple bed, it was made from woven cotton and other plant fibers, and was set up between two trees or posts?
500
This is why Columbus told his crew members a false distance to Asia
What is so that their nerves would be calmed after they were worried about not seeing land again?
500
These are the negative effects of the Columbian exchange
What are diseases from Europe killing many people because they had not built up a resistance to them and sugar causing slavery by Africans having to work on sugar plantations?