Columbian Exchange
How did the transport of food influence worldwide population and economy? Examples?
New food were introduced and boosted population growth
How did the transatlantic slave trade orignate and how did it end?
Started from European demand for resources, Ended by the shift in societal attitudes and abolitionist movements
What key resources was found in Latin America and why did countries want to conquer them? What was important about those resources?
Gold, metals. They make weapons and were highly profitable
How was the understanding of science revolutionized during the enlightenment?
Emphasis on reason and individuality
How did the Columbian Exchange influence cultural interactions between Europe and the Americas?
Transferred different ideologies and cultures around the world.
What was the role of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in shaping the economies of European colonies?
it boosted the economy for the europeans with the shipment of people and goods
What were the traumatic impacts created by the conquest of the indigenous population by Europeans?
Decimating the number of the population
What were some notable revolutions that occurred during the age of revolutions?
Industrial revolution, Haitian revolution, French revolution, Latin American wars of Independence, American revolution.
What is an unintended effect of the Columbian exchange for the indigenous Americans and the European conquerors ?
Disease were transferred
What were the living conditions (sanitation, nutrition, space) on the Transatlantic slave ships and how did the Europeans keep the the slaves alive? What happens if slaves get sick?
Slaves were kept hull in rows without sunlight, fed with simple and minimal food, tightly packed, no toilets, diseases spread easily. They were tosses in the ocean once the slaves die from diseases or famine.
What factors did the Europeans hold that has contributed to their success in the colonization of Latin America and Africa?
Steam boats, r weapons, disease, indigenous people they were gods, other indigenous tribes helping
what was one important idea from the enlightenment that led to a revolution
reasoning, experimentation, and observation
What were the impacts of the Columbian exchange economic transformation and demographic changes.
Transferred everything around the world, boosted economy, new products, and flow of culture.
Why was slavery legalized for hundred of years even though it betrayed humanity?
Extreme profit and white supremacy
Why did the initial conquest of Africa resulted unsuccessfully for the Europeans.
Disease like malaria and challenging terrains
What was the reason for the the enlightenment period and did they reach their goal by the end of the enlightenment period?
It spurred from the scientific revolution the new way of thinking lead them to want to reform the society. They were able to reform the society a lot by the end of the period.