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Unit 3
Causes and Effects of the Age of Discovery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Prince Henry the Navigator? | The prince of Portugal who created a school of navigation souring on the Age of Exploration. |
| Why did the Europeans set sail to explore? | To create empire, to search of new markets and economic opportunities and to spread Christianity. |
| Who was Vasco De Gama? | Portuguese sailor who circumnavigated Africa to reach Asia. |
| Who was Christopher Columbus? | Spanish sailor from Italy who sailed West to East and "discovered" Americas in the process. |
| Who was Hernando Cortes? | A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in modern-day Mexico. |
| Who was Francisco Pizarro? | A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incan civilization of Andean Peru and Chile. |
| Who Ferdinand Magellan? | Spanish mariner who is credited as the first circumnavigate the Earth. |
| Who was Sir Francis Drake? | The first Englishman credited with circumnavigating the Earth. |
| Who was Jacques Cartier? | A French mariner who navigated into the St. Lawrence River in hopes of finding a Northwest passage. |
| What was the Old World? | Europe, Africa, Asia |
| What was the New World? | The Americas |
| What was the Columbian Exchange? | The biological and cultural exchange between the Old and New Worlds instigated by the voyages of Columbus. |
| What went from the Old to New World in the Columbian Exchange? | Largely diseases and livestock, but some agricultural products, like citrus, as well. |
| What went from the New World to the Old World in the Columbian Exchange? | Agricultural products like tobacco, peanuts corn, cotton, etc. |
| What legacy did the colonial governments of Latin America leave? | A rigid social class system and a dictatorial for of government. |
| What caused the African slave trade? | The death of the indigenous population of the Americas. |
| What was the Middle Passage? | The journey of African slaves ships across the Atlantic to the Americas. |
| What was the Triangular Trade? | The trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas-from Europe, manufactured goods, from Africa slaves, and from Americas raw materials. |
| How did the African slave trade affect Africa? | Depleted their population of the fittest members of society & led to intertribal warfare. |
| What was mercantilism? | Monopolistic trade system between the mother country and colonies benefiting the mother country. |
| What was the Commercial Revolution? | The advent of banking, financing, and mercantilism which led to economic growth in Europe. |
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