This term describes the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between hemispheres.
Columbian Exchange
These two countries were granted rights to divide newly discovered lands in 1494.
Spain and Portugal
This system in Spanish colonies resembled feudal labor structures.
Encomienda System
This trade network connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
This Native American revolt temporarily expelled the Spanish in 1680.
Pueblo Revolt
This ocean remained a major center of trade before and after European arrival.
Indian Ocean
This New World crop had the greatest impact on European population growth.
Potato
The main goal of Portuguese exploration was to reach this market.
Asian Spice Trade
This English colony was founded for religious freedom.
Plymouth
These communities were formed by escaped enslaved people.
Maroon Communities
This war resulted in a devastating loss for Native Americans in New England.
King Philip's War (Metacom's War)
This policy in Japan limited foreign influence.
Sakoku
This was the most devastating disease brought to the Americas.
Smallpox
This joint-stock company dominated Dutch trade in Asia.
Dutch East India Company (VOC)
The French economy in North America relied heavily on this trade.
The Fur Trade
This African ruler resisted Portuguese control in Angola.
Queen Nzinga
This Russian rebellion showed resistance by serfs and Cossacks.
Pugachev Rebellion
This African kingdom grew powerful through gold and slave trade.
Asante Kingdom
This animal revolutionized mobility and warfare for many Indigenous groups.
Horse
This nation focused heavily on plantation agriculture in Brazil.
Portugal
This social system in Spanish America created a hierarchy based on ancestry.
The Casta System
This 1739 rebellion occurred in South Carolina.
Stono Rebellion
This French conflict challenged absolutist monarchy.
The Fronde
This system in the Ottoman Empire allowed religious groups self-governance.
Millet System
This was a major demographic effect of the Columbian Exchange on Native populations.
Population Decline due to Disease
This factor most contributed to the decline of the Portuguese trading empire.
Competition from the Dutch and English
This broader process is shown by adapting the Incan mit’a into the encomienda system.
Adaptation of Indigenous Labor for Colonial Exploitation
This revolution was the first successful slave revolt creating a nation.
Haitian Revolution
This English conflict represents internal resistance to monarchy.
English Civil War
This Ottoman system exchanged land for military service.
Timar System