Explorers
This explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492, landed in Hispaniola and called the region the West Indies
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Potatoes are from the ____________ World
What is New?
This word means to sail around
Circumnavigate
This is the name of the trade formation between the Americas, Europe, and Africa, trading raw materials, manufactured goods, and people
What is triangular trade?
This is the name of the trade route connecting Asia, the Middle East, and Europe
What is the Silk Road?
This explorer sailed around the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Horses came from the ___________ World
What is Old?
These are the three main reasons for exploration during the 1400s-1700s
What is Gold, God, and Glory (3 G's)?
This is the name of trade of goods, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, named after a famous explorer
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration
What is Portugal?
This individual started a school for navigation and sponsored 50 voyages although he never explored himself.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
A land claim that is settled by a country in a foreign land
What is a colony?
These are privately owned companies that sold stock to investors to make a profit
What are Joint Stock Companies?
This caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans brought over unknowingly by Europeans
What is diseases (ex. Smallpox, Measles)?
This was the first British settlement in the future US, NOT PERMANENT!
What is Roanoke?
This explorer was the first to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This social group was born in America to Spanish parents, usually held government/church positions or were land owners
Who were the Creoles?
This ship combined square sails of European ships with the triangular sails of Arab vessels; helped sail into wind and had a large cargo area
What is a caravel?
This is the nickname for the trading of slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Middle Passage?
This is the name of the Dutch colony in North America, explored by Henry Hudson
What is New Netherlands?
This individual wrote a book about the unfair and poor treatment of Native Americans, resulted in Africans being used as slaves.
This treaty was put in place by the Pope that divided the world into 2 zones - Spain gets anything west of the Line while Portugal gets anything east of the Line
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
This policy stated that a (1) country's wealth is measured in gold, (2) the role of a colony is to enrich the Mother Country, and (3) create a "Favorable Balance of Trade)
What is Mercantilism?
What is the Encomienda System?
Describe the conditions on African slave ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
OR
Draw the diagram explaining how Mercantilism works.
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