Vocab 1
part of a continent, not on the coast and not a peninsula
mainland states
a large agricultural estate
plantation
vasco de gama's discovery of a trade route to Inida by sea was.........
very successful and made alot of money
The island of Java became a strategic center for the.....
Dutch
Benin Was destoryed by the slave trade? True or Fale?
True
The Term given to Spanish conquerors in the Americas during this time. (1500-1700_
Conquistadors
pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and America by exchanging guns, gold, slaves, and spices
triangle trade
Who thought they had discovered a route to India but actually had landed in America or Islands around America?
Columbus
the Portuguese presense in Southeast Asia was limited to
Trading Posts
What was unique about Benin before the Slave Trade?
Art and culture and History
African society that was destroyed by the slaves trade
Benin
A journey of slaves from Africa to America, so called dbecause it was them middle portion of the triangle trade
middle passage
Who made the trip around the world (or at least his crew did) he died on the voyage.
magellen
New Religious influences in North and West Africa came from....(which religion)
Islam
Where did they Get slaves from? and Where did they take them?
Africa/America
A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct gov't control.
colony
The difference in value between what a nation imports and exports over time.
balance of trade
This guy realized that what Columbus discovered was not India, but was actually a "new world"
Amerigo Vespucci
European expansion was driven by all of the following EXCEPT.....
fear of African Empires
What did they use to buy the slaves
Goods, guns, metals, stuff like that
An administrative organization that relies on non-elective officials and regular procedures.
bureaucracy
A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century. It held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.
mercantilism
This Spanish Conquistador defeated the Aztecs in Mexico
Hernan Cortez
what was not an impact of the slave trade on African Societies?
transfer of European Political Ideas
What did they bring back from the Americas
Tobacco, spices, and other cool stuff!