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Age of Discovery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are 3 effects of the Renaissance and Reformation? | Growth of Secularism, growth of the individual, growth of religious toleration |
| What were 2 major changes/eras during the 1400's & 1500's in Europe? | Renaissance & Reformation |
| Which group of people was the main focus of exploration & colonization in the 1400's? | Europeans |
| What are 5 reasons Europeans were interested in discovering new lands & markets in 1400's? | demand for gold, spices, natural resources in Europe; support diffusion of religion; compete in politics and economies of Empires; innovation of navigation; Prince Henry the Navigator |
| Identify the 3 outcomes of the Age of Discovery. | new land; trading posts/markets; colonization |
| How did indigenous people acquire new faiths? | Colonists converted the indigenous people |
| What was the result of the discovery of the America's by Europeans? | Exchange of products & resources between the East & West hemispheres |
| What were 3 impacts of the Columbian Exchange? | shortage of labor for crops; slavery based on race; European plantation system in the Caribbean & Americas destroyed the indigenous economies and environment |
| Europeans migrated to new colonies in the America's creating new social & cultural patterns. True or False? | True |
| Where did Europeans establish trading posts? | Africa and Asia |
| How did explorers and colonists influence the natives? | New language, faiths (religion), and culture |
| What were 5 effects of European migration & settlement on the America's, Africa, & Asia? | Territory claims in North & South America; demise of Aztec & Incan; legacy of a rigid class system in Latin America; forced migration of African slaves; colonial imitation |
| What were 2 effects of European migration to Africa? | European trading posts along the west coast; trade in slaves, gold & other resources |
| What were 2 effects of European migration to Asia? | Colonization by small groups of merchants (India, China); Influence of trading companies (Portuguese, Dutch, British) |
| What was traded among Europe, Africa and America? | slaves, sugar & rum |
| Which 3 continents were part of the triangle of trade? | Europe, Africa, Americas |
| This major city was later named Istanbul? | Constantinople |
| Which Spanish explorer led an expedition to the Americas that led to the fall of the Aztec Empire? | Hernando Cortez |
| Which explorer destroyed the Incan Empire in South America? | Francisco Pizarro |
| When the Ottomans took over ________________________, Europeans were forced to find alternate trade routes. What is the City? | Constantinople (aka Istanbul) |
| Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Which French explorer claimed most of Canada while looking for a north route from the Atlantic to the Pacific? | Jacques Cartier |
| Sailing around the entire world is known as ______________________ | Circumnavigate |
| Who is credited for discovering the America's & sailing for Spain? | Christopher Columbus |
| Which explorer opened the flood gates to exploration in the America's? | Christopher Columbus |
| Which explorer aided in establishing overseas empires & decimating the indigenous population for Portugal? | Vasco de Gama |
| Which explorers aided in establishing overseas empires & decimating the indigenous population for Spain? Name all 4. | Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Magellan |
| What Englishmen was the 2nd person ever to circumnavigate the globe? | Drake |
| Europeans began to explore other markets by making their way from Europe to ________? | to Africa, to India, to Asia |
| Which Portuguese prince was the chief leader in encouraging European exploration? | Prince Henry the Navigator |
| What countries were dominant in establishing trading posts in Asia (particularly India)? | Dutch, British, Portuguese |
| The exchange of foods, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and WEstern Hemispheres is known as ____________________ | Columbian Exchange |
| In the Columbian Exchange, what is the "Old World"? | Eastern Hemisphere |
| In the Columbian Exchange, what is the "New World"? | Western Hemisphere |
| What were Old World products introduced to the New World through trade? (Europe ---> Americas) | Horses, cattle, diseases |
| What were New World products introduced to the Old World through trade? (Americas ---> Europe) | Corn, potatoes, tobacco |
| Why did the indigenous people of the Americas die off so fast? | European diseases |
| Why did Europeans turn to Africa for slaves? | Needed a labor source to work plantations |
| What was slavery based on during the Age of Discovery? | Race |
| What impact did the European plantation system have on the Americas? | Destroyed indigenous economies and damaged environment |
| Where were gold and silver exported to during Triangular Trade? | Europe and Asia |
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