Colonization
Name of trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
What is the Columbian Exchange? OR What is the Triangle Trade?
Body of water that separates Europe and Africa from the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Main thing that led to deaths of millions of Indigenous people
Diseases
European explorer who "discovered" the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Route used to transport enslaved Africans to the Americas.
What is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Country that first began colonizing the Americas.
What is Spain?
Main thing(s) brought over from the Americas to Europe and Africa
Crops (e.g. tomatoes and potatoes)
Prince who first began enslaving Africans in mid 1400s.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
System first used to control/exploit the land and people in the Americas.
What is the Encomienda System?
What is Cuba?
Main TWO things brought over from Europe and Africa to the Americas
European Reformer who tried to improve conditions for indigenous people in the colonies.
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
People first colonized/exploited by Europeans.
Who are the Taíno?
Area where Europeans first began colonizing in the Americas.
What is the Caribbean?
Term used to describe something (for example race) created by people to justify how society is organized.
What is a social construct?
Biographer who helped to create the idea of race.
Who is Gomes de Zurara?