Unit 4: Economy
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro Eurasia after 1492
Columbian Exchange
Similarity between both French and English voyages in the North Atlantic in the 15th and 15th centuries
Search for a faster route to Asia
(Northwest Passage)
common characteristic of Asian and European Philosophies during the period of 1000 to 1450
religion
producer of most of the world's manufactured goods from 1500-1700
Asian Countries (China, Japan)
Major cause for the spread of the plague
trade
The two crops that the economies of the British southern colonies (Brazil/Caribbean) were focused on
cotton and sugarcane
Effect of Spanish voyages/exploration in Europe
Interest in Ocean Travel and Trade
Term used to describe the idea of individual rights, liberty, and self determination
Liberalism
1750-1900 industrialization caused this shift in population
rural to urban
This need brought on the idea of building big cites.
(examples:Cahokia, Swahili, Venice, and Hangzhou)
Need for trade
China's economy before 1450 depended on this
peasant labor
French exploration and trade were different than other European countries due to the fact they were less concerned with this common motivation for colonization
religion
All of the Revolutions from Unit 5 share the belief in these ideas
Enlightenment
first successfully launched revolution in the Caribbean and South America
Haiti
This type of power was the main cause for the rise in industrialization in Britain
Steam
Common Characteristic of economic systems of Latin America and SE Asia during the 16th century
They both used forced labor
15th century China's reasons for stopping voyages of exploration
Concerns with domestic problems and security
Belief promoted by Charles Darwin that Europeans were superior to other peoples
Social Darwinism
Main difference between the Haitian and French Revolution
social classes
People began to invest in these 2 things to spread opportunity for trade
Voyages and technology
This crop had the greatest effect on human migration BEOFRE 1800
sugarcane
This explorer's voyage to India in the late 1490s led to a massive connection of merchants.
Vasco de Gama
Natural Rights and Liberty was part of the major beliefs for this thinker
John Locke
Development of new production led to Germany becoming involved in this
The Second Industrial Revolution
Creating the factory system benefited countries because they could now focus on this type of labor
specialized