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Unit 3
Causes and Effects on 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 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 get East & "discovered" Americas in the process |
| Who was Hernando Cortes | A Spanish conquistadore who conquered the Aztec Empyrean modern-day Mexico |
| Who was Francisco Pizarro | A Spanish conquistadore who conquered the Incan civilisation of Andean Peru and Chile |
| Who was Ferdinand Magellan | Spanish mariner who is credited as the first to circumnavigate the Earth |
| Who was Sir Frances 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, and 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 Columbus Exchange | Largely diseases and livestock, but some agricultural products, |
| What went from the New to Old World in the Columbus 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 form 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 slave ships across the Atlantic to the Americas |
| What was 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 system between mother country and colonies benefitting 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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