Ch 16 Age of Exploration
The population of Native Americans in Spanish colonies dropped by more than
90 percent
__________were people who worked for a set period of time in exchange for passage to the Americas.
Indentured servants
The_____colony in Virginia was settled by people intending to make their fortune by finding gold and silver.
Jamestown
Believed he had reached Asia but had instead reached the Atlantic coast of what is now Canada
John Cabot
One leg of triangular trade network
Middle Passage
Scholars estimate that how much of all food crops grown around the world today
One third
The explorer _______claimed Brazil for Portugal.
Pedro Cabral
Mercantilist would advocate that a nation do which of the following?
Sell more goods than it buys from foreign countries
Some native Americans helped Cortes because
The Aztecs were unpopular with those they had conquered
What was one result of the Treaty of Tordesillas
The Spanish empire was larger than the Portuguese empire
Incan ruler who refused to give up his empire and was killed
Atahualpa
In the passage by Olaudah Equiano, he describes
a slave ship
The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to
find a water route around Africa to India
________of Portugal established a court for navigators and others interested in exploration.
Prince Henery
The Spanish colonial economy was based largely on
the mining of gold and silver
According to the map titled "Slave Trade" the British imported approximately how many slaves to their colonies
2.1 million
The_________refers to the spread of people of African descent throughout the Americas and Western Europe
African Diaspora
Sailors could calculate their location based on the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon with the
Astrolabe
Recommended replacing Native American laborers with imported African slaves
Bartolomé de Las Casas
According to the map titled "Slave Trade" the greatest number of African slaves were taken to
Brazil
How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration
By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe
Planters in the Americas began to use African slaves for labor because
Disease had killed millions of native Americans
Which of the following best describes the food exchange between Europe and the Americas?
Europeans brought wheat, sugar, and sheep to the Americas and took corn potatoes and turkeys to Europe
The ultimate goal of early English, Dutch, and French explorers was to
Find a passage to Asia
The economy of New France was based on
Fish and fur trading
Which of the following was a conquistador
Francisco Pizarro
A Portuguese prince who was a patron and supporter of explorers
Henry the navigator
Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
The_________established a colony at Plymouth,Massachusetts in 1620
Pilgrims
According to the map entitled the "Slave Trade" where were most slave forts located
The west coast of Africa
What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange
The exchange of foods and animals had a dramatic impact on later societies
The first European to lead an expedition that reached the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
The first European to reach India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco de Gama
In a_____company,investors pool their money to fund large businesses and jointly take the risk of losing that money if the company fails.
joint-stock
The Spanish used captive Africans as
workers on Caribbean sugar plantations
_____is an economic system in which most economic activity is carried on by private individuals or organizations in order to seek a profit.
capitalism
A new type of ship that was light fast and highly maneuverable was known as the___________.
caravel
Brought from Europe to the Americas
coffee
Estates where cash crops were grown on a large scale
plantations
Huge estates in the Americas called___________grew cash crops such as sugar and tobacco.
plantations
