(Class 1) The New World Flashcards
Christopher Columbus had 3 ships. What were the names?
Nina, Pinta, Maria
Maria - slowest and flagship
Maria ran aground and abandoned 1492
What was the name of the landmass Columbus and his crew reached? What did he name the inhabitants?
San Salvador
Named “Indians” because he thought he was in India
Why is America named America and not Columbia?
Amerigo Vespucci
Name some diseases brought by the Colombian Exchange
Smallpox, Syphillis,
Did Christopher Columbus discovery mainland America?
No, discovered the West Indies
Asian roots
Mongolian hunters who crossed Bering Strait to Alaska
Christopher Columbus
Genoa, Italy
Deserved for the riches of the far east
Agreement with Ferdinand and Isabella to finance voyage westward
Was Columbus’ Expedition a failure?
Yes, not a lot of gold, his men in Hispaniola dead or carried into the jungle, Indians poor subjects for work
Who did Columbus lead the way for?
Juan Ponce de Leon (Florida 1513)
Hernan Cortes (Mexico 1518)
Francisco Pizarro (Peru 1531)
What was the Colombian Exchange?
Name given to the transatlantic trading of goods people and ideas
Huge economical impact on the new world
Exchange of plants animals disease and technology
Benefitted old world more
What is Eurocentrism?
Europe as Center of Universe
Europeans believed that the world was no larger than Europe and the remote places of which Europeans had knowledge
bull Inter Caetera
Church granted to the kings of Castille and Leon all the lands and countries the Spanish had discovered or might discover
Church’s purpose: Spread the gospel
Requerimiento (Doctrine of Discovery)
(1513)
Spain’s divinely ordained right to take possession of the territories of the New World and subjugate exploit and fight Natives
