Foundations
This economic theory said a nation’s wealth depended on gold and silver.
What is Mercantilism?
The coastline Henry the Navigator focused on.
What is the west coast of Africa?
Columbus was originally trying to find this when sailing west.
What is a new trade route to Asia?
The first permanent French settlement in Canada.
What is Quebec?
Spanish soldiers and explorers who led conquests in the Americas.
Who are the conquistadors?
The three major motivations for exploration.
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
The explorer who named the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
The two monarchs who funded Columbus.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The most important economic activity in New France.
What is fur trading and fishing?
This labor system forced Native Americans to work for Spanish landowners.
What is the encomienda system?
This navigation tool measured latitude using the stars.
What is the astrolabe?
This explorer completed the trip to India and returned with spices.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
What happened to Magellan during his voyage.
He died, but one ship completed the circumnavigation.
The first permanent English settlement.
What is Jamestown?
The conquistador who defeated the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The act of traveling completely around the world.
What is circumnavigation?
The reason Dias turned back before reaching India.
What is mutiny?
This agreement divided land between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This colony was founded for religious freedom after Jamestown.
What is Plymouth?
The disease that devastated the Aztec Empire.
What is smallpox?
This ship improved long-distance travel by allowing more cargo space.
What is the caravel?
One major reason Portugal wanted control of Indian trade routes.
What is to control Arab trade routes and spread Christianity?
The country that gained control of Brazil after the treaty.
What is Portugal?
The Dutch settlement later renamed New York.
What is New Amsterdam?
The social class that held the most power in colonial Latin America.
Who are the peninsulares?