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50 Cards in this Set
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What year did Columbus set sail? |
1492 |
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Who were the first European settlers in the Americas? |
The Spanish |
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What was Columbus looking for? |
A alternative trade route to Asia |
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Where did Columbus first land? |
The Caribbean |
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The goal of Columbus's second voyage |
To colonize |
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What country did Columbus settle on his second voyage? |
The Dominican Republic |
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What did Columbus request on his third voyage? |
To sell slaves |
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Who was the govenor on the 4th voyage? |
Nicólas de Ovando |
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Pedreo Cabral |
lands in modern day Brazil |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
Italian explorer |
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Vasco de Balboa |
finds Panama canal |
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Who conquers the Aztecs? |
Cortes |
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Who conquers the Inca? |
Pizarro |
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Mestizos |
1/2 spanish, 1/2 native american |
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Encomienda System |
the Indians were forced to work for it |
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Ponce de Leon |
claims Florida for Spain |
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Francisco Coronado |
Present day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas |
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Who controlled Brazil |
The Portuguese |
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Motive and means for European exploration |
Gold, God, and Glory |
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Who controlled trade before exploration? |
Italy |
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Caravel |
Portuguese ship |
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Who started exploring first? |
Portugal |
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Bartolomeu Dias |
first to sail around the southern most tip of Africa |
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Vasco de Gama |
explored coast of Africa |
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Who created an imaginary line for trade for Spain and Portugal? |
Pope Alexander VI |
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What land did the Spanish get from the line? |
Land west of line |
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What land did the Portuguese get from the line? |
Land east of the line |
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Who claimed the Philipines? |
The Spanish |
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How did Asia respond to exploration? |
They isolated themselves |
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Where did France explore? |
Canada (Quebec) |
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What did France call their new land? (Canada) |
New France |
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Who settled Jamestown? |
English |
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Who founded New Netherland? |
Henry Hudson (Dutch) |
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What islands did France have control of? |
Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinque |
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What islands did England have control of? |
Barbados, Jamaica |
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What islands did the Dutch have control of? |
Netherlands Antillies, Aruba |
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Giovanni da Verrazzano (France) |
looked for easier sea route to Asia, discovered New York Harbor |
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Jacques Cartier (France) |
reached St. Lawrence River and Montreal (Mount Royale) |
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Samuel de Champlain (France) |
founded Quebec (New France) |
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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet (France) |
explored Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River |
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Lasalle (France) |
explored lower Mississippi River |
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Who founded Plymouth? |
English Puritans |
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What did Henry Hudson discover? |
Hudson River, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait |
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What increased in Africa when Islam took hold? |
Slavery |
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European Slave Justification |
Immune to disease, experience, skin, no escape |
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Who led the way in Atlantic Slave Trade? |
Spain |
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Middle Passage |
the second part of the Triangular Trade |
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What % of slaves did not survive the trip |
20% |
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Columbian Exchange |
global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas. |
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Effects of the Columbian Exchange |
Capitalism, inflation, joint-stock company, mercantilism |
