Praxis 5004 Khan Academy Info
Why did europeans want to explore the new world? - answerto claim more land and find
riches
-gold, god, and glory
-also wanted to find routes to asia
-religious motivations
Crusades - answerA long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest
Asia
-christians wanted to dominate holy lands
-jerusalem is a holy site for jews, christians, and muslims, but european christians
wanted to reclaim the whole city from Muslim rulers
Silk Road Trade - answerThe most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral
nomads connecting the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations;
transmitted goods and ideas among civilization.
The Silk Road was important because - answerit linked Asian and western cultures for
more a thousand years, but it was also costly.
Reconquista of Spain - answermeans reconquest, refers to the 800 years of violence an
expulsion of muslims from the iberian peninsula after the failed crusades
why did the spanish support christopher columbus on his voyages to the new world? -
answerthe spanish were threatened by the portugese due to their expansion across the
atlantic and their finding of the african slave trade. the portugese also invented the
caravel, which helped them travel by sea
Christipher Columbus - answerExplorer who sailed west to find a different trade route to
India and ended up finding much of Latin America (Cuba). He was supported by
ferdinand and isabella of spain. He met the tainos, which were indiginous people in the
caribbean . He wrote back to ferdinand and isabella telling him of his discoveries and he
has taken possession of this land for spain. They eventually supported him on a second
voyage, where they sent more ships and more men, even livestock and plants to create
plantations. The second voyage led to the establishment of the columbian exchange
(triangular trade)
Treaty of Tordesillas - answerA 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring
that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would
belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to
Portugal. There was no asking of permission. Spain felt they were entitled to that land
and sent conquistadors
,How did Columbus' voyage affect the indigenous people? - answer-he tried to enslave
them
-tried to bring them to europe, but they were susceptible to european diseases
-he forced native people to labor for the spanish
quota over all people over age 14 which stated they needed to find a certain amount of
gold, or would be beaten
-Spain became rich because of Gold
columbian exchange - answerThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
-new world- to the old world
-things that came from new world to old world: sugar, tobacco, chocolate, potatoes
-things that came from old world to new world: horses, sugar plants, and diseases
-new world (the americas)
-old world (europe and africa)
Mercantile System - answeran economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a
nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Capitalism - answeran economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
of all the commodities in the atlantic world, ___ proved to be the most important -
answersugar
european rivals wanted to create ______ plantations in the americas - answersugar
cash crop - answera crop cultivated for sale instead of personal consumption
what is considered the first truly global commodity? - answertobacco
during the columbian exchange (triangular trade) what was sent where? - answer-The
americas sent sugar, tobacco, and cotton to europe
- europe sent textiles, rum, and manufactured goods to Africa
-Africa sent slaves to the americas
what are some diseases that traveled from the old world to the new world during
columbus' second voyage? - answerchicken pox, measles, mumps, smallpox, and even
syphillis
Conquistador - answera Spanish conqueror of the Americas (Sent in response to
columbus' discoveries)
, Spanish Colonization - answermilitarized exploration for the purpose of glory, god, and
gold
-led by hernan cortes
-war between aztecs and spanish
-many natives died because of smallpox due to lack of immunity
-wanted to Christianize and enslave natives
Encomienda System - answerA labor system in which the Native Americans were
forced to work on Spanish farming plantations and in Spanish mines, came as a result
of spanish colonization
-native people would be converted to christianity and would receive protection from the
spanish
-basically just slavery
-native population went from about 20 mil to 2 mil
-this led to more african slaves needing to come to the americas
Pueblo Revolt - answerNative American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century;
expelled the Spanish for over 10 years; Spain began to take an accommodating
approach to Natives after the revolt
-as a result of spanish colonization
-more work later on for spanish to reastablish control
cortes eventually claimed tenochtitlan, which was the capital of the aztec/mexica
empire, and later named it - answermexico city
biggest differences between europeans and native americans - answer-europeans: land
was passed down from families, and individually owned, trade was business
transaction, men led households and made war, women had few rights
-natives: land was free to everyone to use, but not to own, did not think europeans
would just fence off land, trade was ceremonial, men hunted, fished, women farmed and
had greater influence and freedom
3 years after Hernan Cortes captured tenochtitlan, ____ explorers reached the americas
- answerfrench
French and dutch explorers were interested in the ____ trade - answerfur
French and Dutch Relationship with Native Americans - answerfriendlier than the
spanish, formed alliances, cooperated with them, more interested in just trade,
intermarried with natives, tried to convert natives to catholicism, but rarely by force
what caused england to be so late in the colonial era? (for english to discover the new
world, 100 years after christopher colombus) - answer-religious competition between
catholocism and protestantism back home in england
- henry vIII (8th), he broke away from the catholicism and developed the church of
england (protestantism)
Why did europeans want to explore the new world? - answerto claim more land and find
riches
-gold, god, and glory
-also wanted to find routes to asia
-religious motivations
Crusades - answerA long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in Southwest
Asia
-christians wanted to dominate holy lands
-jerusalem is a holy site for jews, christians, and muslims, but european christians
wanted to reclaim the whole city from Muslim rulers
Silk Road Trade - answerThe most famous of the trading routes established by pastoral
nomads connecting the Chinese, Indian, Persian, and Mediterranean civilizations;
transmitted goods and ideas among civilization.
The Silk Road was important because - answerit linked Asian and western cultures for
more a thousand years, but it was also costly.
Reconquista of Spain - answermeans reconquest, refers to the 800 years of violence an
expulsion of muslims from the iberian peninsula after the failed crusades
why did the spanish support christopher columbus on his voyages to the new world? -
answerthe spanish were threatened by the portugese due to their expansion across the
atlantic and their finding of the african slave trade. the portugese also invented the
caravel, which helped them travel by sea
Christipher Columbus - answerExplorer who sailed west to find a different trade route to
India and ended up finding much of Latin America (Cuba). He was supported by
ferdinand and isabella of spain. He met the tainos, which were indiginous people in the
caribbean . He wrote back to ferdinand and isabella telling him of his discoveries and he
has taken possession of this land for spain. They eventually supported him on a second
voyage, where they sent more ships and more men, even livestock and plants to create
plantations. The second voyage led to the establishment of the columbian exchange
(triangular trade)
Treaty of Tordesillas - answerA 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring
that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would
belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to
Portugal. There was no asking of permission. Spain felt they were entitled to that land
and sent conquistadors
,How did Columbus' voyage affect the indigenous people? - answer-he tried to enslave
them
-tried to bring them to europe, but they were susceptible to european diseases
-he forced native people to labor for the spanish
quota over all people over age 14 which stated they needed to find a certain amount of
gold, or would be beaten
-Spain became rich because of Gold
columbian exchange - answerThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and
technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's
voyages.
-new world- to the old world
-things that came from new world to old world: sugar, tobacco, chocolate, potatoes
-things that came from old world to new world: horses, sugar plants, and diseases
-new world (the americas)
-old world (europe and africa)
Mercantile System - answeran economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a
nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
Capitalism - answeran economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
of all the commodities in the atlantic world, ___ proved to be the most important -
answersugar
european rivals wanted to create ______ plantations in the americas - answersugar
cash crop - answera crop cultivated for sale instead of personal consumption
what is considered the first truly global commodity? - answertobacco
during the columbian exchange (triangular trade) what was sent where? - answer-The
americas sent sugar, tobacco, and cotton to europe
- europe sent textiles, rum, and manufactured goods to Africa
-Africa sent slaves to the americas
what are some diseases that traveled from the old world to the new world during
columbus' second voyage? - answerchicken pox, measles, mumps, smallpox, and even
syphillis
Conquistador - answera Spanish conqueror of the Americas (Sent in response to
columbus' discoveries)
, Spanish Colonization - answermilitarized exploration for the purpose of glory, god, and
gold
-led by hernan cortes
-war between aztecs and spanish
-many natives died because of smallpox due to lack of immunity
-wanted to Christianize and enslave natives
Encomienda System - answerA labor system in which the Native Americans were
forced to work on Spanish farming plantations and in Spanish mines, came as a result
of spanish colonization
-native people would be converted to christianity and would receive protection from the
spanish
-basically just slavery
-native population went from about 20 mil to 2 mil
-this led to more african slaves needing to come to the americas
Pueblo Revolt - answerNative American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century;
expelled the Spanish for over 10 years; Spain began to take an accommodating
approach to Natives after the revolt
-as a result of spanish colonization
-more work later on for spanish to reastablish control
cortes eventually claimed tenochtitlan, which was the capital of the aztec/mexica
empire, and later named it - answermexico city
biggest differences between europeans and native americans - answer-europeans: land
was passed down from families, and individually owned, trade was business
transaction, men led households and made war, women had few rights
-natives: land was free to everyone to use, but not to own, did not think europeans
would just fence off land, trade was ceremonial, men hunted, fished, women farmed and
had greater influence and freedom
3 years after Hernan Cortes captured tenochtitlan, ____ explorers reached the americas
- answerfrench
French and dutch explorers were interested in the ____ trade - answerfur
French and Dutch Relationship with Native Americans - answerfriendlier than the
spanish, formed alliances, cooperated with them, more interested in just trade,
intermarried with natives, tried to convert natives to catholicism, but rarely by force
what caused england to be so late in the colonial era? (for english to discover the new
world, 100 years after christopher colombus) - answer-religious competition between
catholocism and protestantism back home in england
- henry vIII (8th), he broke away from the catholicism and developed the church of
england (protestantism)
