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WHI Unit 13 Test
Global Connection/Exploration Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |