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Study Stack - Unit 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Prince Henry the Navigator? | A prince of Portugal who created a school of navigation souring on the Age of Exploration |
| Why Did Europeans set sail to explore? | To create empire, to search for new markets and new economic opportunities, and to spread christianity. |
| Who was Vasco de Gama? | A Portuguese sailor who circumnavigated Africa to reach Asia |
| Who was Christopher Columbus? | An Italian who sailed on behalf of Spain to get east by sailing west. âDiscoveredâ the Americas in the process. |
| Who was Hernando Cortes? | A spanish conquistadore who conquered the Aztec empire in modern day Mexico. |
| Who was Francisco Pizzaro? | A spanish conquistadore who conquered the Incan civilization of Andean Peru and Chile. |
| Who was Ferdinand Magellan | A spanish Mariner who is credited as the first to circumnavigate the Earth. |
| Who was Sir Francis Drake? | Credited as the first Englishman to circumnavigate 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 World to the New World? | 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 dictorial form of government. |
| What caused the African slave trade? | The death of the indigenous population of the Americas leading to the need for workforce. |
| What was the middle passage? | The journey of African slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. |
| What was Triangular Trade? | The trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and Asia. Europe: Manufactured Goods. Africa: Slaves. Americas: Raw Materials. |
| How did the African Slave trade affect Africa? | It depleted their population of the fittest members of society and led to intertribal warfare. |
| What was Mercantilism? | Monopolistic trade system between 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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