Encomienda
What did the priests build in order to spread the word of God?
Missions
What year did he sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
1492
The reason the Europeans needed African slaves?
They had Killed off the Native Population in the Caribean
What was the Cultural Exchange?
The movement of people, things, and ideas between the old world and new world
Name on of the new ship designs that made it possible to explore more.
Caravel or Carrack
What was the Encomienda system?
A race-based caste system
What misunderstanding did Columbus have about the world before he set sail?
He thought it was smaller/didn't know there was land/Americas in between Europe and Asia. He was correct in knowing the world was round.
This is the ONLY Native American group we studied that lived in South America.
Inca
Native Americans typically did not see ownership of ______ in the same way Europeans did.
Land
A letter written by Bartolome de las Casas about the encomienda system would be what type of source?
Primary
An encomienda gave individuals the right to control a certain number of _________ for _____purposes
Native Americans
Labor
Was Columbus the first person to "discover" the americas?
No, The Vikings
These are two groups lived in what is now called Mexico.
Aztecs and Mayans
Mercantilism was a prominent theory in Spain/Europe. What category does it belong to? Government, Culture, Economics, or Religion.
Economics
What are 4 things that came FROM the Old World via Columbian Exchange?
horses, pigs, sheep, Christianity, disease, smallpox, African slaves, sugarcane, apples, etc.
Who was the most powerful type of person in the Encomienda system?
Peninsulare - Spaniard born in Spain
Name of the two people who granted Columbus permission to explore.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What was the description Bartolome de las Casas' (a Spaniard) in his letter?
Description of what the Spaniards did to the natives
Where whites used as slaves before Africans?
Yes,
If yes, What were they called? Indentured Servants
What are six things that came FROM the New World via Columbian Exchange?
pineapples, potatoes, tomatoes, turkeys, pumpkin, squash, tobacco, maize, etc.
Encomienda supports which economic theory?
Mercantilism
After being at sea so long with no sight of the Indies, what were Columbus's crew about to do?
Mutiny
What was the animal the Inca relied on the most?
LLama
What was the living weapon the Europeans brought with them?
The Horse
What device and when could you use it helped with global positioning?
What is the Astrolabe and during the day