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A large mining city in modern-day Bolivia that produced immense wealth for the Spanish empire
Potosí
Unlike many other forms of slavery, what was the basis of the Atlantic slave trade that distinguished it from other historical systems of servitude?
The racial basis of slavery
This caused there to be increased need for furs.
The Little Ice Age
Who colonized the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
What animal was almost extinct due to it being heavily hunted.
Beaver
A Spanish-controlled archipelago whose capital, Manila, became a major hub for trading American silver for Chinese goods.
Philippine Island
In this region, a significant number of slaves were captured through warfare or raids, often by local rulers who traded them to European merchants.
West Africa
The establishment of fur trading posts in North America by this European country laid the foundation for its colonial presence by the Great Lakes.
France
Who was able to monopolize the buying and selling of some products like pepper or coral?
Virji Vora
This animal had profound effects on the native.
Horse
A commercial empire based on controlling trade routes and choke points rather than large territorial conquest.
Trading post empire.
The number of slaves shipped from Africa to the Americas peaked which century?
1700s = 18th century
European sought to extract this metal from the Spanish.
Silver
Titled himself as Lord of conquest, navigation, and commerce in Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and India.
Mambosa
In what indigenous region did Russia's fur trade significantly increase?
Siberia
A tax pass that Portugal forced Indian Ocean merchant ships to buy.
Cartaz
____ led to cultural changes and the spread of African traditions throughout the Americas, contributing to a distinct cultural blend.
The African diaspora
What was the nickname for the fur trade in North America?
"soft gold"
Who resisted portuguese imperialism in matamba.
Queen Nzinga
How did the European items exchanged in the fur trade affect indigenous peoples in North America?
Increased conflict and alcoholism, altered power structures (firearms)
Spanish ships that carried American silver across the Pacific to Manila in exchange for Asian luxuries.
Manilla Galleons
Unlike many other slavery systems, in the Islamic world, some slaves could rise to positions of military and political power, as seen in the use of this elite cavalry class.
Mamluks (Janissaries - infantry)
This river system played a key role in the transport of fur and goods between French North American settlements and European markets.
The Mississippi River (and St. Lawrence Seaway)
Who is called " No common Slave" by his owner?
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
As European settlers moved westward in North America, the fur trade contributed to this type of conflict between indigenous groups.
Intertribal warfare over control of fur trade routes