Vocab
the capture and transport of Africans to the Americans from the 16th century to the 19th century
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The place where da Gama DOES reach, and where Columbus THINKS he lands.
What is India?
An invention that allowed a ship to travel in any direction
What are triangular sails?
The religion that Europeans wanted to spread around the globe.
What is Christianity?
The "Navigator," who lead to Portuguese exploration with his $$$.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal?
A large estate or farm that used enslaved people to grow and harvest crops
What is plantation?
What the Europeans really desired from Asia. The European food was so bland.
What are spices?
What is the astrolabe?
The item above ALL else the Europeans wanted more of.
What is GOLD?
This explorer went WEST in 1492 for Spain, even though he was Italian. He really did not know where he was when he landed.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
the exchange of goods and resources between the "New World" (the Americas) and the "Old World" (Europe, Africa, and Asia
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The city conquered in 1453; leads directly to Exploration. Today known as "Istanbul"
What is Constantinople?
This tool allowed explorers to navigate and know which direction they were headed in.
What is the compass?
The last of the G's - the fame that European explorers AND monarchs were after.
What is GLORY?
The first European nation to sail SOUTH around the southern tip of Africa.
What is Portugal?
a theory that a country's power depends on its wealth.
What is mercantilism?
Which explorer successfully navigate a trip around Africa to land in India (Asia)
Who is Vasco de Gama?
These vessels changed how Europeans traveled the seas. Small, quick ships.
What is the caravel?
The "fourth" G that explorers were searching for (think: tomatoes)
What are GOODS?
The largest shift in Native American population was due to this brought by Europeans.
What is Disease?
A group of people living together who have ties to their homeland
What is a colony?
What happened to the price of Asian goods as they moved West towards Europe
What is price increase?
What are maps?
The concept that stated your nation needed as much gold as possible, leading to building colonies.
What is mercantilism?
The four nations of Europe most concerned with exploration.
What is Portugal, Spain, France, and England?