Age of Exploration Flashcards
What country’s were a part of the old world?
Europe, Asia, and Africa.
What country’s are a part of the new world?
Central, South, and North America.
What is the Columbian exchange?
The exchange of goods, animals, plants, and culture between the “old world” and “new world.”
What veggies were brought from Central and South America back to Europe?
Corn and potatoes
What 3 things were brought from the old world to the new world?
Horses, cattle, and wheat.
What was also spread during the Columbian exchange?
Disease.
What percentage of the native population did smallpox wipe out?
70 - 90%
Who were the conquistadors?
Spanish soldiers who conquered the indigenous people became the lords of the new world (feudalism).
What kind of forced labor did the encomienda system enforce?
Mining silver and gold, agriculture, and servants.
What were the three motivating factors of the conquistadors?
God, Glory, and Gold!
Why did Africans hunt other Africans?
In order to receive guns, cloth, and other European goods.
What did Coastal African kingdoms carry out?
Raids into weaker African tribes.
Who slaved forts?
The Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, English, and french.
What’s the definition of the middle passage?
The transport of African slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic.
What is the triangle trade network?
A three-legged trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Where was the 1st leg of the trade network?
Europe to Africa.
What was traded during the first leg of the network?
Guns, cloths, and goods.
What was the 2nd leg of the trade network known as?
The middle passage.
What happened during the second leg of the trade network?
African slaves were transported to the Americas.
Where was the 3rd leg of the trade network?
Americas to Europe.
What was traded during the 3rd leg of the trade network?
Molasses, sugar, tobacco, and raw materials.
What was the Spanish colonial society made up of?
Made up of distinct social classes based on race.
List the social classes from top to bottom.
- Peninsulares
2.Creoles
3.Mestizos
4.Mulattoes
Who were the Mulattoes?
African and European descent.
Who were the Mestizos?
Native American and European descent.
Who were the Creoles?
Americans born descendants of Spanish settlers.
Who were the Peninsulares?
People born in Spain.
