Age of Exploration Review

Age of Exploration (Review)

• Spain sent Columbus to find a trade route to Asia

• Instead, he accidentally "discovers" America

• Spain sends Columbus back to settle the land and create a colony

Spain sends Christopher Columbus

• A colony is where one country or land is controlled by another country.

• The Spanish, British, and Portuguese created colonies in the Americas-- taking land from Native Americans and establishing control

Vocab: Colony

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to when a land is controlled by another nation?

• mercantliism

• colony

• Columbian Exchange

​To find gold, silver, and other riches that will make them wealthy.

1. Gold

To expand their empires; as well as gain fame and power.

2. Glory

To spread and convert people to Christianity/Catholicism.

​​3. God

Reasons why European countries colonized the New World:

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a reason European explorers went to the New World?

• God

• Glory

• Gossip

• Gold

• Warfare (with Europeans and other Native American groups)

• Enslaved (overworked in mines and plantations, beaten, under-fed)

• Died of diseases (smallpox)

• Ongoing struggle to resist and preserve their culture

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​Effects on Native Americans

Columbian Exchange

• Exchange of animals, plants, culture, goods, people and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) to the New World (Americas)

• Positives - better diets, horses, spread of culture, spread of foods

• Negatives - diseases killed millions, become dependent on items not natural to land, introduction of invasive animals with no enemies

Multiple Choice

The ________ was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases.

• Columbian Exchange

• Market Exchange

• Flea Market Echange

Open Ended

What was 1 NEGATIVE impact of the Columbian Exchange? What was 1 POSITIVE impact of The Columbian Exchange?

Another name used was the "Triangular Trade" ​, because the route taken was similar to a triangle.

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​Triangular Trade

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Multiple Select

Which continents were involved in the Atlantic Slave trade? Check all that apply.

• North and South America

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

Draw

Circle ONE traded item you find most surprising or interesting.

Multiple Select

Why did the Spanish stop trying to enslave the Native American people? Check all that apply

• Indigenous people died of European diseases

• Indigenous people weren't familiar with the same crops

• Indigenous people could easily escape to allies

• Indigenous people had more powerful weapons to fight back

Multiple Select

Why did the Spanish decide to begin enslaving African people? Check all that apply

• African people shared the same immunity

• African people were familiar with the same crops

• African people had no allies or family in the Americas

Poll

How well are you understanding the topics?

• 4: I totally get it! (:

• 3: I'm still learning, but I understand most of it.

• 2: I'm somewhat confused.

• 1: I have no clue. I need help.