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US history
european exploration of north and south america
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reason number 1 | curiosity |
| reason number 2 | religion |
| reason number 3 | wealth |
| reason number 4 | fame |
| reason number 5 | national pride |
| reason number 6 | foreign trade goods |
| reason number 7 | faster, cheaper trade routes |
| worlds best kept secret | north and south america-1492 |
| 1215 Marco Polo | discovered land route to asia,india,and japan. |
| indies | asia and india |
| 1492 Christopher columbas | seeks water route to asia,india,and japan |
| Columian exchangeeurope---->america | livestockfruitdiseases |
| americas---->europe | veggiesflowersturkeyquininetobacco |
| Spanish colonization 5 ways | -used force-gold,glory,god-interaction with incas,aztec, took by force trickery and fear-convert to catholic or die-if not spanish or catholic they die-almost wiped out aztecs and incas-focus was to claim territory to help them |
| French colonization 4 ways | -respectful ofnative cultures-establishing bever pelt fur-seeking a northeast passage through north america-christianize indians peacefully-learned to be conservationists-became so much one with the indians a new culture group was produced |
| Mercantilism | an economic sytem that describes how europeans enriched their treasures |
| African diaspora | forced removal of african's by europeans to the americas |
| triangular trades | the name given to a trading route with three stops |
| Middle passage | The voyage of the slave ships from africa to the americas. the middle leg. |