Settling the Western Hemisphere (1491-1607)

Question 1

Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

exchange of crops, animals, diseases, and ideas between Europe and colonies of the Western Hemisphere that developed in the aftermath of the voyages of Columbus

Question 2

astrolabe

Answer 2

an instrument that enabled navigators to calculate their latitude using the sun and the stars; allowed more accuracy in plotting routes

Question 3

Crusades

Answer 3

from these attempts to recapture the Holy Land, Europeans acquired an appreciation of the benefits of overseas expansion and an appreciation of the economic benefits of slavery

Question 4

encomienda system

Answer 4

American natives were given over to Spanish colonists, who in exchange for their labor, promised to “protect” them