People and Dates
When did Columbus arrive in the Caribbean?
What is: 1492
What was Columbus' reason for coming to the Americas?
Columbus was looking for a different route to reach India, China, Japan, and the Spice Islands. He was hoping to bring back tons of silks and spices.
True or False: Columbus brought Native Americans back to Europe as indentured servants.
What is: True
True or False: Only crops and livestock were exchanged between the New and Old worlds
False
During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, people were moving between which three countries?
Europe, The Americas, and Africa
When was Florida discovered?
What is: 1513 by Juan Ponce de Leon
How did Columbus' voyages influence future explorers?
He inspired other Europeans to find land and conquer their own, which also helped in kickstarting the Age of Exploration
True or False: The Native Americans had more advanced weaponry than their European Counterparts
What is: False
True or False: Many Native Americans died as a result of the Columbian Exchange
True
Name one way that the Columbian Exchange effected the physical environment of the Native Americans
Brought new crops and livestock to the land
Brought new diseases
Exchange of ideas, people, and faiths
What is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the US?
What is: St. Augustine, Florida
What major religion did the Europeans want to spread in their colonized lands?
Christianity
Which two European countries started conquering Native Land the earliest?
Spain and Portugal
What major plant (containing nicotine) found in the Americas was a big hit in Europe?
Tobacco
How did the Encomienda system create social distinction in the Americas?
Established a system of governance
Spread of religious education
Creation of social Hierarchy (Spanish on top; Native on the bottom)
When was the Encomienda System established?
What is: 1512
What other factor, besides the land, motivated Cortez to conquer the Aztec Empire.
He wanted to go for the riches and gold.
What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on the Native American population?
It decreased, due to the movement of diseases from the Old World, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza.
Name three diseases brought over from the Old World
Measles, Smallpox, Influenza, Typhus, Malaria
True or False: Introduction of religion into modern day North Carolina is an example of social change
True
Who was the leader of the conquistadors who that conquered the Aztec Empire? Where were they from?
What is: Hernándo Cortés, they were from Spain
It was settled because the Spanish needed to defend a trade route to Europe (Gulf Stream)
What disease further weekend the Aztec during the Spanish Conquests?
Smallpox
What was the name of the system introduced by the Spanish which taught the Native Americans about Christianity?
The Encomienda System
What physical transformation took place in the Secotan Tribe?
They were driven out by colonists from a European Virginia Colony