Colonization
This empire colonized most of Latin America and funded Columbus' voyages.
What is the Spanish Empire?
This was the first European empire to reach Asia by ship.
What is the Portuguese Empire?
This disease introduced by Europeans killed 80% of the natives in Latin America.
What is smallpox?
European's had very high demand for _____ from Asia.
What are spices?
This refers to the blending of religions.
What is religious syncretism?
Enslaved Africans were first brought to the Americas by the Spanish after the ______ started dying off from European diseases.
Who are the Native Americans?
Exploration across the North Atlantic by countries like England, France, and the Netherlands were driven by a desire to discover what?
What is an alternate sea route to Asia or the Northwest Passage?
What is horses, pigs, and cattle?
Peasant and artisan goods production _______ after the arrival of European traders in Asia.
What is increased?
The economic policy of Europeans to colonize the world and use colonies to harvest resources is known as _____.
What is Mercantilism?
The conquering of these American empires is an example of European conquest.
Who are the Aztec and Incan Empires?
European religious, economic, and political rivalries led to the establishment of ________ empires in the Indian Ocean.
What are trading post empires?
Europeans benefitted the most in the Columbian Exchange from the introduction of American _____.
What are foods?
What are the coasts?
The profit motive in Mercantilism caused them to find justifications for morally dubious practices like the opium trade and ____.
What is slavery?
This proclamation from the Pope split the New World between the Spanish and the Portuguese.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What are Arab/Asian/Muslim?
Most enslaved Africans sent to the Americas ended up in South America and the _____.
What is the Caribbean?
These two Asian empires adopted an isolationist response to European trade encroachemnt.
Who are China and Japan?
Chartered European companies whose goal were to establish monopolies in Asia were commonly named _______ Companies.
What are East India Companies?
Religious persecution and proselytization were used a ways to _____ enslaved people and Native Americans.
What is subdue/dominate?
The peoples of this continent shipped most of the goods in Asia during this period.
Who are the Asians?
What is the Spanish Empire?
Chinese demand for _____ mined mostly in Spanish colonies in America, was a major part of a truly global trading network.
What is silver?
This leg of Triangular Trade was used to ship enslaved Africans to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?