Explorers
Conquistadors
Development of Slavery
Global Exchange
Vocabulary/Misc.
100
landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea during his first voyage but thought he was near India
Christopher Columbus
100
Conquered the Aztec
Hernando Cortes
100
name for the portion of Triangular Trade that carried enslaved Africans
Middle Passage
100
name for the exchange of foods and diseases between the Old World and the New World
Columbian Exchange
100
people of Spanish and native descent
mestizo
200
claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain
Balboa or Vasco Nunez de Balboa
200
Conquered the Inca
Francisco Pizarro
200
First country to import slaves to the American
Spain
200
Which of the following was carried east as part of the Columbian Exchange
Coffee
Bananas
Oranges and Lemons
Pineapple
200
gave the name of the Americas to the New World
Amerigo Vespucci
300
Which explorer's crew circumnavigated the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
300
Leader of the Aztec who believed the Spanish might be the god Quetzcoatl
Montazuma
300
More Africans were enslaved and taken to the New World by ___________________ than any other nation.
Protugal or the Portuguese
300
major cash crop for Brazil
sugar
300
way to finance colonies in the Americas with less risk
joint-stock companies
400
Columbus' first voyage was for _________________ but his second voyage was for __________________
exploration
Empire building for Spain
400
he became a Christian so that he could die by strangulation rather than being burned to death
Atahualpa
400
Effect of Atlantic slave trade
African societies lost their strongest (fittest) members OR
Families were torn apart OR
Loss of Culture OR
Guns created a culture of violence in Africa
400
2 items exchanged during the Columbian Exchange that changed the population growth and history of the Old World
potato
corn
400
to sell more good than a country buys from another country is the definition of
Mercantilism
500
Treaty of Tordasillas issed by the Pope divided the New World between _______________ and ____________
Portugal and Spain
500
Three things that helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec
superior weapons
native enemies
disease
500
Reasons (at least 2) enslaved African were taken to the New World
had some immunity to European diseases
knew how to farm some of the crops
strangers to the land with no allies made it harder to escape
500
Which food(s) would not exist in Italy if the Columbian Exchange didn't take place
sphagetti and pizza
500
private ownership of resources and the ability to invest is _________________________
capitalism