Technology
What did the Lateen sail allow Europeans to do?
Sail regardless which way the wind was blowing
3 G's
1. Gold
2. Glory
3. God
What did Ferdinand Magellan do?
Circumnavigate the whole world
What does colonization mean?
Directly controlling indigenous land
The fear of long words is called?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
What did technology allow the Europeans to do?
Sail long voyages & explore unknown waters
What is Mercantilism
The ideology European countries had to amass as much wealth as possible
What did Christopher Columbus discover?
The Caribbean islands (Bahamas)
What was the main factor that killed off indigenous people?
Disease
can the pope be a organ donor?
no
What was important about the astrolabe?
Accurately calculated where the ship was located with latitude
What was Spains priority in the Age of Exploration and also Portugal's priority in the Age of Exploration.
Spain's priority was in the West (new world), while Portugal's priority was in the East (India, Africa, and East Indies)
What were the four ways Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs?
1. Disease
2. Weapons & Technology
3. Alliances
4. Leadership & Strategy
They would cut off limbs from other indigenous people to motivate others to work harder
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
Split the map in half, West was for Spain, East was for Portugal
Who funded the Portuguese in their technology?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Why did the Portuguese need slaves?
The demand for "cash crops" (sugar, tobacco, and cotton) were so high, that they needed more labor. Also, the Indigenous people were rapidly dying and sick to disease, so they didn't make good workers.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What were the two options Indigenous people had when being read the requerimento?
1. Submit and convert
2. Reject and be subject to death
What was the Columbian exchange?
The exchange of old and new world resources, ideas, and disease
3 ways the Europeans were able to control the colonies
1. technology and warfare
2. Biological warfare
3. Encomienda System
Why did the Europeans want a direct trade to Asia?
The Europeans wanted a direct trade route to Asia in order to avoid tolls(taxes) from the Ottoman Empire on land, and also the Venetian merchants in the Mediterranean sea. It was also more beneficial and safer for Europeans to carry more cargo on a ship in the sea.
Triangular Trade & the 3 routes involved + the goods involved in each route
Route 1 - Europe to Africa
- Manufactured goods, textiles, liquor, weapons
Route 2 - Africa to Americas
- Slaves
Route 3 - Americas to Europe
- Cash Crops
How were slaves treated in the middle passage (name four things)
1. Crammed
2. Bad sanitation
3. Males were chained
4. Lack of food
The name of the man that discovered that the land believed to be Asia was really a "new world"
Amerigo Vespucci