Age of Exploration
Early maps used by the Europeans only included
Why were crops from the Americas so important in Afro-Eurasia?
They could grow in harsh conditions
What was one of the most notable empires in Africa lasting from 3100 BCE to 30 BCE
Egypt
What was the name of the 3-legged trade route that connect Africa, The Americas, and Europe
Triangle Trade
How did colonists respond to the Stamp Act and later the Tea Act?
The fall of the Silk Road was caused by two things
Mongol Decline, Fall of Constantinople
What was the most immediate effect of the Columbian Exchange?
Spread of Disease
What was the practice of manipulating and or creating metals?
Metallurgy
What is the name of the economic doctrine the Europeans used to defend the slave trade?
Mercantilism
What are the three groups that made up the Three Estates?
Clergy, Nobility, Everyone else
What is the name of the treaty between Spain and Portugal that divided the world?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What is an Epidemic?
Widespread outbreak of disease
The different interpretation of what made slavey different in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Property
What is the name of the leg of the Triangle trade the sent slaves to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
What did the 3rd estate call themselves after meeting alone after the opening session?
The National Assembly
What was the main cause of death for Indigenous groups during European Exploration?
Disease
What is the Encomienda?
A Spanish slave labor system
What is Chattel Slavery?
Slaves are seen as property
What is the name of the farming system the was primarily used in the Americas?
Plantation Farming
The creation of this language helped the enslaved people in the French colonies in Haiti communicate with each other
Haitian Creole
What were the three G’s that pushed European exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
What is a Cash Crop?
A crop grown for selling
Roughly how many Africans were shipped across the Atlantic during the slave trade?
12.5 million
What is the name of the hierarchy system used to perpetuate European Superiority by the Portuguese
Las Castas
What did other European powers and the US do after hearing about the Haitian Revolution
Excluded them and stop the spread of information