Unit 3 Flashcards
What 3 demands from Europe contributed to the Age of Exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere?
Gold, Spices, Raw materials/ natural resources
What religion was actively promoted by Europeans during the Age of Exploration?
Christianity
Islamic origins and European innovations in what area was a major factor in Exploration and colonization?
Navigational arts
In what two areas were European empires in competition with each other during the Age of Exploration?
Political and Economic
Which explorer had a “pioneering role” in the European exploration and colonization?
Portugal’s Prince Henry “The Navigator”
Who was Portugals leader?
Conquered Northen African city’s?
Opened a navigatinal school, spreading Cathloism?
And found Gold, Spices, SIlver and jewels in Morroco?
Prince Henry The Navigator
Who was Portugeuse and explored Cape of Good Hope and turned east to reach India?
Provided Portugal a direct sea route in India?
Vasco da Gama
Who was Italian but was sent by the Spain?
he explored the Atlantic Ocean and searched for an alternate trade route to Asia?
Who believed he had made it to Asia but landed in the Americas which is why we have the word “Indians”
Christopher Columbus
Who was a Spanish Explorer also known as a “Conquistador”?
Travled shores of Mexico Aztec and made his was to Tecnochitian?
Who made Montezuma believe he was a god?
Who helped build Mexxico city on the ruins of the Aztec capital and colonized several Carribean Islands?
Hernando Cortez
Who was a Spanish Conquistador?
Explored the Incaln Empire of South America?
And strangled Atahualpa & took over the Incan Capital of Cuzco
Fransisco Pizarro
Who was a Portugese explorer
Explored westward across the Atlantic ocean
Explored the tip of South America and into the Pacific Ocean
He was the first to Circumnavigate the world
Was killed by an Native Attack
And his crew continued saving west until they reached home (Spain)
Ferdinand Magellan
Who was an English Explorer
Who explored the North Western coast of North America seeking a Northwest passage
And was the 2nd person to Circumnativate the world
He HATED the Spanish crown
And gave privateers comission
Francis Drake
Who was a French Explorer
Made 3 voyages to North America between 1534-1542
He followed the St. Lawrence river until he reached a large Island he named Montroyal later known as Monteral?
Jacques Cartier
Who explored and colonized North America?
The British Empire
Who Explored and colonized North America?
French America
Who explored and colonized South America?
Portuguese Empire
Who explored and colonized North, Central and South America?
Spanish Empire
European territorial claims led to emigration to
North, Central and South America
What 2 indeginous empires were destroyed during European exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere
Aztec empire and Incan empire
During the Age of Exploration what group was enslaved and forced to migrate to the Western Hemiephere?
Africans
What 2 characteristics or patterns of the Parent countries were imitated by most colonies?
Religion and Faith or Food and Customs
What group faced aggressive and religious conversions by European explorers
Indigenous people
What are 4 ways Africa was negatively impacted by European exploration and colonization
- Destruction of families
- loss of the fittest members in society
- Introduction to firearms into African society
What did Europeans establish along the African coast
Trading posts
What contenit did not welcome Eropean influence
Asia (China & Japan)
What frequently caused conflict between Europe and Asia?
Attemepts to spread Christianity
What did the Europeans establish in Asia to help facillitate trade?
Trading Companies
What products changed European lifestyles?
Corn, Potatoes, Tobacco
What products changed American Indian lifetsyles
Horses and Cattle
What part of the Coulumbian exchange was responsible for the deaths of more than half of the American Indian populations
Smallpox
What solution was used to counter the shortage of labor for cash crops
Use of African Slaves
What 2 impacts did the European plantation system have on the Carribean and the Americas
- Destroyed indegiouns economies
- CHnaged the enviroment
What exports had a major impact on Spanish wealth and international trade between Erope, Africa and Asia?
Gold and Silver
Triangular trade liked what 3 locations?
Europe, Africa, and Americas
What products were shipped to Americas to Europe?
Suagr
What was traded fron Europe to Africa and to the Americas?
Manufactured good (Firearms, textiles, rum)
Who was sent from Africa to the Americas?
Captured Africans
