A New World due to Printing

Question 1

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

• “Discoverer” of New World
• 1492 first to sail to the “New World”
• Thought he landed in an unknown part of the East Indies was actually the Caribbean Island, Hispaniola
• He was from Genoa, Italy
• Sailed under the flag of Spain

Question 2

Columbus wrote letters to Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain

Answer 2

• Said he found lots of gold to get them to support more trips , he went back two more times to claim more land for Spain
• Letters got printed in a book
• Massive spark of interest

Question 3

Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 3

• 1454 - 1512 Florentine navigator who went to new world twice
• Financed by King of Portugal
• Discovered that the New World was two continents
• North and South America were two separate continents
• Not near the East Indies
• Proved Columbus wrong

Question 4

Amerigo Vespucci’s Letters

Answer 4

• Sent them to Lorenzo de Medici
• Published them in a book
• Sold throughout Europe

Question 5

Martin Waldseemuller

Answer 5

• German cartographer (1470 - 1520)
• Read every book he could find on the New World
• Including De Medici’s book about Vespucci’s findings
• Map included the new continents
• Name new continents America after Amerigo Vespucci
• Only 1 map left in Library of Congress

Question 6

Columbian Exchange

Answer 6

• Widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human population between Americas and Europe
• Americas are developed and civilized
• South America with the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas were more developed than North America
• Had Cities, governments, military
• Extensive Agriculture development with irritation systems

Question 7

Why was the Agriculture development in South America impactful to the earth?

Answer 7

• They removed all the trees to make room for the farm land.
• Population est. of 66 million

Question 8

Columbian Exchange - The Good

Answer 8

• America traded Beans, corns, pineapple, potatoes, turkeys, tobacco, etc
• Europe traded bananas, coffee beans, honey bees, grains, livestock, sugar cane, etc

Question 9

Columbian Exchange - The Bad

Answer 9

• People coming over for discovery were carriers of the diseases
• If you got sick and survived you become a carrier
• Smallpox, Influenza, Measles, Malaria, Whooping Cough

Question 10

Americas population was devastated

Answer 10

• Consequence of the spread of knowledge 1500-1510
• 50-66 million before
• 5-10 million after

Question 11

What was the affects of depleted population on the environment ?

Answer 11

• Farming stopped and trees came back
• Fastest area for plants to grow is between North and South America

Question 12

Anthropocene

Answer 12

• Antro = Human (Time)
• 1610 the world was really really cold
• Caused more death

Question 13

Implosion of CO2 in trees

Answer 13

• 100 years of growth for new trees
• Millions of trees
• Give off Oxygen
• Absorbed CO2
• Already reduced by 28% from low population
• Acts as barrier of the earth and traps the sun rays
• Heat was able to escape causing it to be very cold