Middle Passage
What does the "Middle Passage"refer to?
The inhumane and horrific journey of enslaved Africans being transported from Africa across the Atlantic to the colonies of the "New World"
What was the name of the explorer who discovered the Americas in the late 14th century?
Christopher Columbus
Where are potatoes originally from?
Peru
On what coast of North America were the first 13 Colonies located?
Where did the majority of slaves brought to the New World end up?
What was the name of the explorer who realized Europeans had not found a westward sea route to India, but rather a whole "New World" that would eventually be named after him?
Amerigo Vespucci
What term was used to describe the Americas before the continents were given names?
This group of colonies was known for their ship building, fishing, and whaling industries.
Why did Europeans in the New World mostly rely on slaves from Africa?
Native populations were wiped out, and Africa had huge, skilled populations of people with no "political" repercussions.
What were the three G's that characterize the motivations for European exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
What wiped out nearly 90% of the Native population of the Americas?
Diseases like smallpox and typhoid
The settlers of the New England colonies were made up of mostly Quakers and Puritans looking for...
Religious Freedom
Aproximatley how many enslaved Africans did not survive the journey from Africa to the New World?
2 million people died on the way.
What made it possible for Europeans to begin exploring the world by sea?
Technology
What was the "Columbian Exchange"?
The transfer of goods, crops, culture, disease, and people between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (Europe and the Americas)
Why did the Southern Colonies rely so heavily on slave labor as opposed to the others?
The Southern Colonies were agriculture based, with massive plantations that grew cash crops like tobacco and cotton and needed huge amounts of manual labor.
What was the name of the three way trade that included the African Slave trade across the Atlantic between the New World, Europe, and Africa.
The Triangular Trade
What new ship was highly maneuverable, seaworthy, cheap to build, and could be utilized for numerous purposes from carrying cargo to being a warship, to being a fishing boat?
Caravel
Which European explorer mapped the East Coast of New England and New York, and discovered navigable waterways that are now famous in New York state?
Henry Hudson
Which colonies were known as the "breadbasket" of the 13 colonies?
The Middle Colonies