Unit 1

Question 1

Silk Road

Answer 1

Over land and not over sea,

Question 2

Missionaries

Answer 2

People that were sent on voyages

Question 3

Inca Empire

Answer 3

Vast empire that began in the 1400’s and lasted until 1532. Economy, Mita, Tracking Goods

Question 4

Triangular Trade

Answer 4

African Slave Trade, used Indigenous groups but then began shipping West Africans to the Americas to work on the plantations

Question 5

Old World vs. New World

Answer 5

Portugal, Spain began to colonize what later became known as the “New World”

Europe, Asia, and Africa is the “Old World”

Question 6

Primary Source

Answer 6

Tells us about an event and is from the time of that event.

Examples: Speeches, Letters, Photographs

Question 7

Secondary Source

Answer 7

A secondary source tells you about an event but is from a time after the event.

Examples: Textbooks, Magazines, Encyclopedias

Question 8

Columbian Exchange

Answer 8

The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life.

Question 9

God, Gold (Good), Glory

Answer 9

God - Spread Christianity
Missionaries: Job= convert
Gold - Actual gold or a good they can sell for money
Glory - More land or other routes to Asia
Land - Power
Portugal - Glory, because they have Africa

Question 10

Portugal

Answer 10

Glory
Encouraged Exploration first see route around Africa = rich! (Gold)
Proud! (Glory)

Question 11

Social Structure

Answer 11

1. Emperor
2. Gou’t/ soddiers/ priests
3. Commoners
4. Peasant
5. Slaves