The impact of 1492 on trade and world empires

History

What network of trade routes were the main focus of trade before 1492?

What country became the first to sail around Africa and open up more trade opportunities by sea?

Which of the following empires were NOT destroyed by the Conquistadors?

What name is given to the transfer of food, people, disease and animals between the Old World and the New World?

Millions of enslaved people were forced to work in the colonies

Potatoes were taken to the Americas for the first time

Spain and China came into conflict over land in the New World

Which of the following took place after European empires created colonies in the Americas? (select two)

Which of the following foods originally came from the Americas? (pick three)

What killed up to 90% of the indigenous people of the Americas?

What crop was especially valuable to European nations?

Roughly how many African people were enslaved in order to work on European colonies in the New World?

What animal was introduced to the New World, transforming the life of indigenous American tribes?