Exploration
What year did the Old World and the New World Meet? (excluding the vikings)
1492
What commodity most contributed to the import of enslaved Africans to the New World?
Sugar
What was the title of the Spaniards who colonized the New World?
Conquistadors
What were TWO technological developments that led to increased exploration?
Compass, Carrack, Caravel, Fluyt, Cartography, Astrolabe, Lateen sail
What are the 3 "Gs" that influenced Europeans to explore and colonize Latin America?
God, Glory, Gold
What is the name of the document that gave Spain control of most of Latin America and Portugal control of Brazil
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Which European nation (and person) was the first to sponsor extensive maritime travel?
Portugal-Prince Henry the Navigator
The exploitation of colonies (including the extraction of precious metals) by a dominating power is know as the economic policy of __________________.
Mercantilism
What goods did France specialize in in the New World
Fur and Cod
What was the primary reason for Europeans' desire to behind extensive maritime travel?
To trade with Asia more easily (avoid taxes from Gunpowder Empires)
What was the most important precious metal imported from the New World? and Why?
Silver; to trade with China for luxury goods
How did the Columbian Exchange massively decrease the population in the New World?
Spread of disease (mostly from Europe to the Americas)
For TWO European nations name an explorer
Spain: Ferdinand Magellan, Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco de Balboa
France: Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier, La Salle
English: John Cabot
Dutch: Henry Hudson
granted a peninsulare control of all of the Native Peoples who lived on an area of land
Encomienda
Identify 3 specific food items that travelled from the New World to the Old World
Potatoes, corn, cacao, pineapple, peanuts