Lesson 1
Who was the first person to ever sail around the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
What is racism?
A belief that some people are better than others because of racial traits.
What is the Cottage Industry?
Family's that work in there homes for part time product.
What did Christopher Columbus do before he died?
Columbus never realized that he had found a land unknown to the Europeans. He died believing he had reached Asia.
Like Spain and Portugal, what did the countries of England, France, and the Netherlands want to find?
The countries of England, France, and the Netherlands sought a route to Asia to obtain spices.
How was plantation agriculture related to racism in the Americas?
By making the Africans do work.
America, Africa, and South America
What did Ferdinand Magellan do?
He was a Spain navigator that by mistake traveled the globe.
Why were spices so expensive in Europe?
After Spain and Portugal explored and gained the southern trade route it made spices very expensive.
What were the two technologies that Europeans change life to the Americas.
Houses to pull heavy carts and oxen to pull plows.
What is Capitalism?
Is an economic system in which individuals and private businesses run most industries.
What did Vasco da Gama accomplish?
He sailed around Africa and landed on the west cost of India.
What were the two improvements in shipbuilding that allowed the Portuguese to establish trading posts in Africa?
Triangular sails and large center rudders
What negative changes did Bartolome de las Casas change in the Americas?
By making the Indians and Africans to be slaves.
How did the power shift to Europe?
By England and the Netherlands developing new trade routes and the banking industry.
What is the atlas?
The atlas is a collection of maps.