Europeans Explore Overseas
This country led the way in finding a sea route around Africa.
Portugal
Small settlements used mainly for trade.
Outposts
He sailed west for Spain in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Large farms that grew cash crops.
Plantations
The movement of plants, animals, people, and ideas between continents.
Columbian Exchange
This ship was fast, maneuverable, and helped explorers travel farther.
Caravel
Land controlled by another country.
Colony
He encouraged and funded Portuguese exploration.
Prince Henry the Navigator
The trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
New foods led to an increase in this.
Population Growth
This device helped sailors determine latitude at sea.
Astrolabe
This empire ruled much of India when Europeans arrived.
Mughal Empire
His expedition first circumnavigated the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
This voyage transported enslaved Africans to the Americas.
Middle Passage
This economic change increased trade and business activity.
Commercial Revolution
This treaty divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Having complete control over a product or trade is called this.
Monopoly
These religious workers spread Christianity in Asia.
Missionaries
The Transatlantic Slave Trade connected these three regions.
Europe, Africa, & the Americas
An individual who starts and runs a business.
Entrepreneur
Europeans wanted to avoid these middlemen on the overland trade routes.
Muslim and Italian merchants?
These rulers isolated Japan from most foreign influence.
Tokugawa Shoguns?
This explorer's arrival in India helped Portugal build a trading empire.
Vasco da Gama
These were the three main cash crops grown in the Americas
Sugar, Tobacco, and Cotton
Taxes on imported goods.
Tariffs