Exploration and Atlantic Slave Trade Test Flashcards
The Line of Demarcation was designed as part of the Treaty of Tordesillas to do what?
Keep Spain and Portugal from fighting over the new world.
The three G’s of exploration were?
God, glory, and gold
Henry the navigator was gest known for
his school of sea captains
Scurvy, a lack of vitamin C, was a major problem having to do with sailor health.
True
What was the legal age for how young a sailor could be to go on exploration voyages?
16
The __, a great native people from what is modern-day Mexico, were defeated by the Spanish conquistador, Hernes Cortes.
Aztecs
The most insidious part of the Columbian Exchange was
disease
During what years did the Age of Exploration take place?
1400-1600
Given credit for discovering the new world even though he thought he found Asia by going west.
Christopher Columbus
First to circumnavigate the world even though he died in the Philippines at the hands of natives.
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer was the first to reach India by sailing around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.
John Cabot
Spanish conquistador that conquered Monteguma II of Mexico.
Hernando Cortez
What was the easternmost city de Garria reached?
the Netherlands
Where did Dias’ route stop?
east of Cape Town
The __, a population in Peru, where conquered by the conquistador Pizarro.
Incas
What were the 3 masted ships used for exploration called?
caravels
The part of the triangle trade that went from Africa across the Atlantic was referred to as the
middle passage
Describe the practice of tight packing versus loose packing from a captains’ perspective
Loose packed means that fewer are put on the ship so that hopefully all survive. Tight packed means that there are certain number who will die but there will be plenty remaining.
The only successful slave mutiny took place aboard the ship the
Amistad
Guns, powder, and __ were the main weaponry exchanges between European and African chiefs for slaves
balls
Which item was NOT a piece exchanged for slaves?
wheat
The term “pieces” was often used during salve trading activities to represent what?
All of the above cotton, tobacco, rum.
The modern-day island countries of Haiti and Cuba were used for slave __ sites at the end of the middle passage.
auctions
Explain 2 reasons African tribal kings would participate in the slave trade.
African tribal kings would participate in slave trade because they wanted to get rich. They also wanted to become known for selling so that more people would want to come to him for his slaves. Another reason why the African Tribal Kings would participate in the slave trade because they wanted to make a big economy.
