Transatlantic
The Middle Passage got it’s name because it was the middle leg of ...
What is the triangle trade route
The main reason so many Africans died during the Middle Passage was that crowded and unsanitary conditions led to...
What is diseases
The global trading of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas begun after Columbus's first voyage is known as
What is the Columbian Exchange
The first explorer to claim Canada was
What is Jaques Cartier
The name of the first ship to land in Plymouth was...
What is the Mayflower
The "Triangular Trade" system involved what three places
What are The Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Why were enslaved persons needed in the Americas?
What is To produce cash crops
The economic policy that made the "mother country" rich by not letting colonies trade with anyone else was known as
What is mercantilism
Soldiers from Spain, one of the world superpowers in the 1500s, explored, conquered, and settled in the New World.
What are conquistadors.
The Holocaust is a horrific example of
What is Xenophobia
When the terms "Old World" and "New World" are used what is meant by the "Old World"?
What are Europe, Africa, and Asia
What disease did most of the Indigenous people in the Americas die from?
What is smallpox
What did Africa get in return when they traded their enslaved people? (list at least 3)
What are Copper, cloth, trinkets, slave beads, guns and ammunition
He conquered the Incan Empire and established Lima, Peru.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro
Portugal created colonies for many reasons, including to export countries criminals. True or False?
What is False
The transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas from the 16th century to the 19th century was called the
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade
The height of space enslaved peoples sat in during the voyage...
What is 3 feet 3 inches.
Which ancient civilization’s capital was Tenochtitlan?
What are the Aztecs
These men conquered the Maya civilizations...
Who are Cortes and Alvarado
Primary Source Quote from Christopher Columbus talking about the natives he encountered in the new world. “...and that they might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain;”
Which motivation of exploration does this represent?
What is Glory
The first two colonies settled in North America were...
What are Jamestown, VA and Plymouth, MA.
This age group was often sold first in trading posts...
What are children
What products did the Dutch East India Company trade?
What are Spices.
These were the two locations of the Maya civilization...
What are Guatemala and Mexico
The Maya destroyed their farmland by overusing it and cutting down forests. This is an example of which of the 5 themes of geography?
What is Human Environment Interaction.