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WHI Unit 13 Test
Global Connection/Exploration Test Review
Term | Definition |
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Renaissance | movement in Western Europe that started scientific discoveries |
Maritime | ocean/water travel |
Asia | many technologies from the continent of ____ allowed for Europeans to travel via maritime routes |
Portugal | Prince Henry the Navigator from ____ build the first schools of navigation |
Christopher Columbus | hired by Spain to find Western maritime route to Asia |
Americas | Columbus established the first permanent European settlements in the Western Hemisphere know as the ____ |
West Indies | Columbus called the areas of the Bahamas and Central Americas the - (Hint he believed he was in Asia) |
racial slavery | Columbus introduced this type of slavery in the Americas |
King Charles V | Leader of Spain that saw the largest growth of colonies in the Western Hemisphere (Americas) |
Colony | an area under the direct control of another stronger nation |
Hernan Cortez | Spanish Conquistador, defeated the Aztecs in modern-day Central Mexico |
Francisco Pizarro | Spanish Conquistador, defeated the Incas in South America amongst the Andes Mountains |
Smallpox | Disease that devastated Native American populations |
John Cabot | Hired by England to explore North America |
Columbian Exchange | Exchange of goods, products, and ideas across the Atlantic Ocean from Eastern to Western Hemispheres |
From Eastern To Western | Columbian Exchange: From _____ To _____ Hemispheres Horses, Cattle, and Diseases |
From Western To Eastern | Columbian Exchange: From _____ To _____ Hemispheres Agricultural Goods |
Triangular Trade | Economic trading system that connected Africa, Americas, and Western Europe |
Middle Passage | Journey that enslaved men, women, and children from Africa endured from Africa to the Americas |