Year Of Exploration Flashcards
(30 cards)
The African society of what, was from a brilliant society to a corrupt and brutal place by the slave trade
Benin
What was the name of journey of enslaved prisons of Africa and America?
The middle passage
What is the difference in value between what is nation imports and exports
Balance of trade
Which explorer is remembered as the first to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Megallen
Which of the following was settlement of the people living in a new territory linked with a parent country
Colony
Why were enslaved African brought to the US
To supply sugarcane
According to mercantilists a nation depended on ?
A large supply of bullion (gold and silver)
Who’s the king of Congo
King Alfonso
Discovered the Americas
Christapher Columbus
Sailed around the cape of good hope to India
Vado da game
The slave trade led to increased warfare in Africa
True
Catholic missionaries brought native Americans together into villages, or economiends, where they could be converted into Christianity
False
Abundant supplies of silver and gold were exported from the Americas to Europe
True
Native American were paid well to work in silver mines
False
The Catholic Church built schools in the Latin America colonies to teach the native Americans reading, writing, and arithmetic
True
Vasco de gama’s discovery of a route to India proved to be to costly to sail
True
Christopher Columbus thought he had discovered a route to Asia but he really discovered a route to the Americas
True
The Dutch were the 5th European settlers to the Hudson River valley
False
Originally enslaved Africans were brought to America for
Sugarcane
The treaty of tordesillas established
A line of demarcation between territories controlled by Portagul and those controls by Spain
Spanish settlers of ecomomienda were suppose to _____ native Americans
Protect
Slave owners thought buying an enslaved person was less expensive than raisin a
Child
Who wrote letters that helped with the name Americas
Amerigo Vepuui’s
What is Americas encoimenda
The right of Spanish settlers to use native Americans for labores
