European Exploration
Which country led the way in early sea exploration around Africa in the 1400s?
Portugal
What is the strategic city at the southern tip of Africa that became a resupply stop for European ships?
Cape Town
What was the powerful Muslim-Led empire that ruled much of India during the 1500s - 1700s?
The Mughal Empire
What Chinese dynasty ruled before the Qing and is known for restoring Chinese rule after the Mongols?
The Ming Dynasty
What do we call the spread of ideas, goods, and beliefs from one culture to the other?
Cultural Diffusion
What was the main reason European countries wanted sea routes to India and Asia?
To trade for valuable spices, silk, and other luxury goods. (To pay the exact price and not the taxed prices that Muslim and Italian merchants were charging on land trade routes)
What narrow waterway in Southeast Asia became a major checkpoint for the spice trade?
The Strait of Malacca
What was the attitude that Mughal India had towards European traders?
They believed they weren't a threat to their empire (they were weak), so trading was fine.
Which Chinese dynasty followed the Ming and ruled from the mid-1600s into the early 1900s?
The Qing Dymasty
Spices, Silk, Porcelain, Tea
What was the name of the route from Europe to the Americas called that exchanged goods and produce between the 2 continents?
The Columbian Exchange
Which European country used the Philippines as a base for trade between Asia and the Americas?
Spain
Which European country first traded with the Mughal Empire by sea and set up trading posts on India's coast?
Portugal
Under the Ming Dynasty, which Chinese admiral led large voyages across the Indian Ocean?
Zheng He
How did European colonies in Asia and the Americas help spread Christianity?
Through missionaries and colonial rule, who tried to convert the indegenious and local peoples.
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to successfully sail around Africa to reach India in 1498?
Vasco de Gama
What was the name of the Dutch trading company that controlled trade in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia?
The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
What famous building, built under Shah Jahan, is a symbol of Mughal India?
The Taj Mahal
They restricted it; they allowed limited trade in certain ports and tried to limit foreign contact.
How did European trade and colonization affect Indigenous peoples in places like the Philippines or along African coasts?
It led to loss of control, cultural change, and sometimes violence, forced or slave labor, or displacement (the forced movement)
Which two European powers eventually became rivals for control of sea trade in the Indian Ocean in the 1600s?
Which four main European powers competed for colonies and trade in Asia during this time period?
Portugal, Spain, Dutch (Netherlands), and the English (Britain)
Which European country's trading company eventually became very power in India and helped lead to British control?
What was Qing China's ideas towards European traders when it came to their goods and trade value?
They thought that China could thrive and survive on their own, meaning that they felt they did not need Europeans at all.
Explain one way that cultural diffusion worked in both directions during this time (Europe, Asia, or Africa)
Europeans brought Christianity and new weapons; they took back Asian and African goods, ideas, and technologies like spices, textiles, and navigation techniques.