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Carr - WH - Part 3

(Carr) The Atlantic World - exam review

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Christopher Columbus Landed in the Bahamas and thought it was the East Indies; coined the term Indians; and made four trips to the New World.
Pedro Alvares Cabral Found modern-day Brazil.
Amerigo Vespucci America was named after him.
Ferdinand Magellan Member of the first group to sail around the world, but was killed before the trip ended.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa First European to see the Pacific Ocean.
Hernando Cortez Conquered the Aztec Empire.
Montezuma II Aztec Emperor who gave Cortez all of their gold and was stoned to death by his own people.
Francisco Pizarro Conquered the Incan Empire.
Powhatan Native American tribe that attacked Jamestown and killed 350 settlers.
Giovanni da Verrazzano Found New York Harbor.
Jacques Cartier Found and named the St. Lawrence River and Montreal, Canada.
Samuel de Champlain Found and named Quebec.
Sieur de La Salle Explored and claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France and named Louisiana.
Henry Hudson Explored three waterways near New York that were named for him.
Jamestown The first permanent English settlement in North America.
Pilgrims This group of people left England in 1620 for religious freedom and founded Plymouth.
Puritans This group of people established a colony at Massachusetts Bay to build a model community for Christians to follow.
Middle Passage The voyage that brought Africans to West Indies, North America, and South America.
Consequences of the Slave Trade Contributed greatly to economic and cultural development; brought African art, music, and food to the Americas; and introduced items from all around the world.
Columbia Exchange The global transfer of food, plants, animals, and diseases during the colonization of America.
Why did North and South America desire African slaves, rather than slaves from some other nation? Immunity built up to diseases; experienced in farming and agriculture; and little knowledge of the area, so were less likely to try to escape.
Items that were traded FROM the Americas TO Europe, Africa, and Asia? Tobacco, pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, quince, avocados, peppers, cassavas, pineapples, cacao beans, beans, vanilla, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, and corn.
Items that were traded TO the Americas FROM Europe, Africa, and Asia? Onions, olives, citrus fruits, coffee beans, grapes, bananas, sugar cane, peaches, pears, bees, wheat, rice, barley, oats, cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses.
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