chapter 11 Flashcards
Who were Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, and Vasco De Gama, and what countries did they originally come from? What did they discover?
They were navigators who came from Portugal and discovered The Americas.
Who were the Tainos people? Describe their interactions with Columbus.
Native villagers who grew corn, yams, and cotton. They were friendly with columbus and his crew.
Describes the encounter between Hernán Cortés and the Aztecs. What did Cortes think about their religion?
They were not friendly and got into brawl.
Who was Osei Tutu? What rights did he claim, and from whom did he get these rights? How were his people linked?
He was an able military leader, he claimed that his right to rule came from heaven, and that people in the kingdom were linked by spiritual bonds
Tell me about the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan? What is so significant about the one ship and 18 sailors that survived the expedition?
Magellan found a passage that later became known as the Strait of Magellan. The ships emerged into Balboa’s South Sea. Magellan renamed the sea the Pacific, from the Latin word meaning peaceful.
What are the four causes of European exploration?
Trade, technology, money, and religion.
Christopher Columbus:
an Italian navigator who came from Portugal and discovered The Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan:
A portuguese nobleman
Hernan Cortes
a conquistador from cuba
Middle Passage:
slave trade route
Montezuma
A son of a king who was made and poisoned the water naming it montezuma’s revenge.
taino
native villagers who interacted with Christopher Columbus in a friendly way.
columbian exchange
The transfer of foods, plants, animals, people, and diseases all across the world in 1492.
