Chapter 20 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Why did smallpox kill millions of Native Americans?
Because they had not developed a resistance to smallpox.
The Incan Empire bordered?
The Pacific Ocean
Which groups controlled the Silk Road trade routes?
Chinese merchants & Middle Eastern traders
The last ruler of the Aztec empire was?
Montezuma
The Colombian Exchange resulted in the introduction of?
Cattle into North America
The growth of the transatlantic slave trade had what effect on Africa?
It reduced the size of the African agriculture workspace.
The capital of the Aztec Empire was located on which present day city?
Mexico City.
The transatlantic slave trade enriched which group?
West African rulers
Christopher Columbus & Amerigo Vespucci both wanted to?
Find a trade route to Asia.
Settlers at Plymouth moved to North America in order to?
Practice their religion.
Where was sugarcane first grown in the Caribbean region?
Hispaniola.
Which explorer led an expedition that sailed around the entire globe?
Francisco Pizarro.
Enslaved Africans sold to European traders were usually?
Poor farmers.
Slavery first became widespread in the new world because?
The Spanish wanted cheap labor for plantations & mines
Which European power focused on establishing a fur trade with Native Americans?
France
Which explorer founded the French colony of Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
Around which geographic feature was the Incan empire centered?
The Andes Mountains
Which European colony set up a large number of small commercial farms?
Jamestown
Which body of water isolated early American civilizations from Europe?
The Atlantic Ocean
How did the Colombian exchange affect Europe?
It brought diseases that devastated the population.
Missionaries’ primary goal for exploration was?
Win converts to the Catholic Church
Where did Europeans establish their first colonies in Africa?
Along the Atlantic coast
Where was the main capital of the Incan Empire located?
Cuzco
