Explore/Colonize
An area of land or a region that was taken over by force by another country
Colony
What is the name of the African Prince who was kidnapped, sold into slavery, bought his freedom, and survived to write a book about it?
Olaudah Equiano
What does transatlantic refer to?
the triangular trade that went across the Atlantic ocean
What is a peninsula
A peninsula is land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
Led the revolt on the Amistad ship
Who was Sengbe Pieh
What was the main reason England (Britain) colonize America?
To practice their religion freely.
What 3 G's motivated the explorers?
Gold, God, Glory
This is something from the earth in its natural state that is used to make other things
raw materia
One side of a peninsula is connected to ....
land
To end something... like slavery
What is to Abolish
Where was the first English colony located?
Jamestown, Virginia
This Law ended slavery in America
The 13th Amendment
What does manufacture mean?
Manufacture means to make a finished product in a factory
What is an island?
An island is land completely surrounded by water
This was the 2nd leg of the Triangular trade where Africans were take to the Americas to be sold
What is the Middle Passage
What country was the mother country of the 13 colonies in America?
England
Why were the explorers trying to find a new way to India?
To buy spices cheaper by avoiding middle men
T or F. The indigenous people were enslaved by the Spanish and forced to mine Gold and Silver
True
What was the Middle passage?
The Middle passage was trip the Slave ships took from Africa to the New World
The Incas became a colony. What country was the "mother country"?
Spain
Why do the people of North America (we) speak the English language?
We speak English due to colonization by England. They came over here, pushed out the natives, and so their children and other generations spoke English.
America is named after this Italian map maker or cartographer
Amerigo Vespucci
Why did the Europeans go to Africa for people to enslave?
Africans can withstand the heat longer than whites and the indigenous people due to the high amount of melanin in the skin.
What ocean separated the "Old World" from the "New World"?
Atlantic Ocean
Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas which promoted mercantilism in the 15-1800's
What is the Triangular Trade