Hist. Figures
The name of the group who controlled trade eastward beginning in 1453.
Who are the Ottomans?
The name for the ancient trade route that linked the Western World with the Middle East and Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World on behalf of white Iberian empire?
Who is the Spanish empire?
This commodity initially drove Portuguese interest in Africa's Atlantic coast.
What is precious metals?
This became essential to the monetary system of the Ming Dynasty.
What is Silver?
The Ottoman admiral and cartographer who produced the Book of the Sea.
Who is Piri Reis?
The name of the city that was a major trading hub and served as a key stopping-off point for travelers.
What is Constantinople?
As part of the Columbian Exchange, this had a catastrophic impact on indigenous populations in the Americas, leading to significant demographic decline.
What is the spread of diseases?
After the 1570s, most of China's silver came from this Spanish-controlled chain of islands.
What are the Philippines?
Ming predecessors used this type of currency.
What is paper money?
The first Portuguese mariner to reach the Indian Ocean.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The name of the first group of Europeans to challenge Ottoman control of trade.
Who are the Portuguese?
The name given to Columbus's first settlement in the New World.
What is Hispaniola?
Grants from Spanish governors to control the labor services of colonized peoples.
What is encomiendas?
This provided a major artery through which food and riches flowed from the lower Yangzi area to Beijing.
What is China's Grand Canal?
The name of the first peoples Columbus and his crew encountered in the New World.
Who are the Tainos?
The name of the two types of vessels developed by the Portuguese during the 15th and 16th centuries.
What are the carrack and caravel?
Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish campaign against which South American empire?
What is the Incan Empire?
This European empire was the first to develop sugar plantations off the African coast.
Who are the Portuguese?
This Asian island civilization became known as the Silver Island.
What is Japan?
The Spanish conquistador who led the charge to capture the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This Iberian empire was the first to open sea lanes across the Atlantic.
Who are the Spanish?
With the establishment of sea lanes across the Atlantic, Europeans set the stage for this major transformation in world history.
What is the establishment of overseas colonies?
This European empire are considered the first to acquire enslaved laborers from Africa.
Who is the Portuguese?
As part of its trade activities, this European empire did not attempt to rule directly or to establish colonies in Asia.
What is the Portuguese?