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Age of Exploration (Impact Of Colonization On Indigenous Peoples…
Age of Exploration
Impact Of Colonization On Indigenous Peoples
Conquered by conquistadors: Spanish soldiers
HERNAN CORTES: Aztecs
FRANCISCO PIZARRO: Inca
KILLED by disease or mistreatment
ENSLAVED in mines and on plantations
Social Structure Changed: A class system based on race formed
Colonial Mexico's structure
Peninsulares: From Spain:
Natives LOST their land and customs, including language
Spanish is still the main language spoken in Mexico
Jacques Cartier claimed Canada for France
French and British formed a trade relationship with the First Nations
Explain how the physical features of a region impact exploration and colonization
Spanish set up PLANTATIONS in the Caribbean; meaning there was fertile soil and warm weather.
TRIANGULAR TRADE: A three-stage pattern of Atlantic trade that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Trade winds and ocean currents helped ships along this trade route
Certain animals, plants, and foods were only available in certain parts of the world
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE: Trading of animals, foods, plants, diseases between Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
EASTERN HEMISPHERE SENT: Wheat, sugar, bananas, rice, coffee, horses, pigs, chicken
WESTERN HEMISPHERE SENT: PoTaToEs!!!!! Beans, peanuts, pumpkins, turkeys, cacao, tomatoes
The French and British hunted beavers for their fur and the Northwest Passage
Causes Of European Exploration: GOD, GOLD, GLORY
GOD: Looking to spread their religion
GLORY: Seeking To Expand Their Power
IMPERIALISM: Empire Building, Taking Over Other Lands As Colonies
MONARCH: A form of government in which the state is ruled by a king or queen who inherited his/her power
UNLIMITED GOVERNMENT: A government in which there are no limits on the government's power - China
TREATY OF TORDESILLAS: The Treaty divided which lands could be colonized by Spain and which could be colonized by Portugal so the two countries would not go to war with each other.
COLONIZE: A movement of new settlers and their culture to an area
GOLD: Seeking Fortune
Increased interest in the spices and wealth of Asia
Dangerous on land; need a faster sea route to Asia
Northwest Passage: Route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the Northern cast of North America
Marco Polo's Travels And Book Got People Interested In Other Parts Of The World
Improved Technology Made It Possible: Caravels, Gunpowder, More Accurate Maps And Tools
ABSOLUTE LOCATION: Exact Latitude And Longitude Coordinates Of A Location
LATITUDE: Distance Measuring North And South Of The Equator
LONGITUDE: Distance Measuring east and west Of The Equator
Other Exploerers: Christopher Columbus, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Amerigo Vespucci