4.1 A
What event unified the peninsula (or the Iberian states) religiously?
The Reconquista
What technology spread to Europe in the late post-classical era?
Asian and Muslim maritime technologies
What did Portugal colonize?
Brazil
What unified Spain politically in the early 15th century?
The House of Habsburg
Because of the knowledge of ocean currents, where did the Iberian expectations come across?
The Caribbean and South Asia
What was Spain and Portugal motivated by to go on and conquer land?
They were motivated by money or wealth
What did Europe experienced in the 15th century?
Europe experienced urban growth and expansion of its economy.
Without technology, what did the sailors do to help navigate through the night?
They used the stars and the Great Bear
What did the European diseases do to the native people of Aztec and the Inca?
The diseases killed the native because they were vulnerable to the new diseases.
What food was exported from the Atlantic and was imported by enslaved Africans?
Sugar
What did European sailors learn in West Africa to help them travel?
They learned wind and ocean current patterns of West Africa
How were the Spanish able to defeat and conquer the Aztecs along with the Inca?
The Spanish had strong weapons, and they had diseases which killed of the natives.
Cutting Muslims and Italian merchants out of Afro-Eurasian trade routes
List the maritime technology of Asian and Muslim
Compass, rubber, lateen sail, Arabic tables, floating needles, and astrolabe
How did Spain and Portugal get money?
The Spanish enslaved natives to do labor and the Portuguese set up trading posts across Africa and Asia.