Chapter 20

Question 0

African slave Trade (cause/effect)

Answer 0

Cause: As the other European nations established colonies in the Americas, their demand for cheap labor grew.

Effect: In Africa: slaves live a very harsh life, they created rebellions to resist slavery, cultures lost generations of their fittest members, families were torn apart, devastated african societies by introducing guns into the continent.
In the Americas: African slaves contributed greatly to the economic and cultural development of the Americas

Question 1

Encomienda

Answer 1

a grant of lande made by Spain to a settler in the americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it

Question 2

Triangular Trade

Answer 2

the transatlantictrading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between africam england, europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in the americas

Question 3

Prince Henry

Answer 3

Portugal’s most enthusiastic supporter of the exploration of Africa, son of Portugal’s king, wanted to explore and spread christianity, established a series of trading posts

Question 4

Christopher Columbus

Answer 4

italian sea captain, he landed in the Caribbean, and lead to a rivalry between Spain and Portugal to see could could claim the new land first
left from Spain in 1492 and discovered the new world