European Exploration of the Americas

​European Exploration of the Americas

By Lisa Hintz

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In what way did the Treaty of Tordesillas benefit Portugal?

• It allowed Portugal to claim much of eastern South America

• It forced Spain to pay Portugal for eastern South America

• It gave Portugal a claim to Christian and non-Christian lands

• It moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles east

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ecomienda

• belief that some people are inferior because of their race

• middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought Africans to the Americas to serve as slaves

• 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western hemisphere....

• grant of Native American slave labor

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What was the most significant effect of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

• John Cabot claimed the area of Newfoundland, Canada, for England

•  Spain was never able to rebuild its navy

• Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the Atlantic coastline of North America for France

• Spain would never again be as powerful as it was in 1588

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Viceroyalties were broken down into specific territories called

• Provinces

•   Viceroys

• Haciendas

•  Tenants

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How was a small force of conquistadors able to defeat the Aztec Empire?

• The empire lay in ruins when the conquistadors arrived

• The empire was not a single unified nation

• The empire was spread out across Mexico and Peru

• The empire did not have a single ruler

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middle passage

• transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Western and Eastern hemispheres

• runaway or fugitive slave

• middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought Africans to the Americas to serve as slaves

• A large fleet of ships was sent to invade England and restore Catholicism

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Treaty of Tordesillas

• 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide the lands of the Western hemisphere....

• practice of one person being owned by another

• Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia

• A large fleet of ships was sent to invade England and restore Catholicism

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What were the 3 big motivators for European Exploration?

• Slaves, Fur, Gold

• God, Glory.Gold

• Food, Fun, Fur

• God, Greed, Glory

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Which of the following WAS NOT a “New World” item in the Columbian Exchange?

• sheep/cattle

• pumpkin

• peanuts

• chocolate

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 Which people were the first to “discover” America?

• Italians

• Vikings

• French

• Spanish

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The French viewed the Native Americans primarily as:

• business partners

• people to convert to Christianity

• slaves

• best buddies

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The Columbian Exchange led to the spread of__________, which led to the deaths of many Native Americans.

• turkeys

• gold

• chocolate

• disease

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When ____________________ landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea in 1492, he thought he had found a water route to Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Hernando Cortz

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Leg of the triangular trade from Africa to the Americas

• slavery

• middle passage

• slave codes

• maroon

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The economic system called _______________ was the way European nations used colonies to enrich their treasures.

• Communisim

• Capitalism

• Mercanitilism

• Imperialism

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___________ and Spain agreed to move the boundary line that divided the world's non-Christian lands in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

• England

• Italy

• France

• Portugal

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Many expeditions included ______________, or people sent to convert the native people to Christianity.

• explorers

• nativites

• missionaries

• conquistadors

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 All of the following were part of the Columbian exchange except....

• equality

• disease

• gold

• slaves

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Person who had escaped from slavery

• slavery

• maroon

• racism

• slave codes