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Exploration and Colonization
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- 1Middle PassageThe sea journey that was undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
- 2ConquistadorA Spanish conqueror, of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
- 3Columbian ExchangeThe Columbian exchange, named after Christopher Columbus. It was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa.
- 4Christopher ColumbusAn explorer who discovered America in 1492
- 5Pilgrimspeople who journey to foreign lands searching for religious freedom
- 6Hernando CortesAn explorer who discovered Mexico
- 7Francisco PizarroAn explorer who discovered the Incan Empire
- 8Colonya distant country or area occupied by people from another country who are under the full or partial political control of that country.
Example: the colonies were settled by people from England and were ruled by the King of England. - 9Atahualpawas the last Inca Emperor.
- 10Montezuma 119th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance (1466-1520)
- 11Triangular tradeA multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
- 12Slave tradeThe procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in black Africans as slaves by European countries and North America.
- 13Mayflower CompactAn agreement reached by the Pilgrims on the ship the Mayflower in 1620, just before they landed at Plymouth Rock.
- 14Mayflowerthe ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from England to America in 1620.
- 15New World ContinentsNorth & South America
- 16Why did the Spanish and English come to the New World?The Spanish were in a race with the English, French and Dutch to claim the New World and extend their empire.
- 17Why did the pilgrims come to the new world?Pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom and persecution from the King of England.
- 18What are the positive and negative effects of the columbian exchange?The Columbian Exchange is the contact between the New World and the Old World. Trades happen between these two continents and that began the Columbian Exchange. The positive things are that it helps trade goods to be transported and used in new places. The negative things was that they made people slaves.
- 19How did the conquistadors treat the native people?Spanish treatment of the Native Americans was poor. Spanish explorers considered the natives inferior.
- 20What is white gold -surgar in the New World?“White Gold,” as British colonists called it, surger cane.
- 21What was the treatment of the slaves and labor in the New World?The treatment of the slaves and labor in the New World was bad. Slave children had to work and the owners hurt them.
- 22What was the First permanent English settlement-Jamestown?The First Permanent English Settlement in Jamestown was in 1606 in Virginia. Like many other European countries. They were searching for more wealth and power.
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