Part 1 : European Exploration
The period when European nations began exploring new lands and sea routes is known as the age of ____
What is Exploration
The widespread exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia became known as the ____________________ Exchange.
What is Columbian
Large agricultural estates that produced crops for sale were known as ____________________.
What is Plantations
A person who organizes and develops new businesses in hopes of earning a profit is called an ____________________.
What is Entreprenuer
Banks helped economic growth by lending money to people who wanted to start new ____________________.
What is Businesses
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to successfully ____________________ the Earth.
What is Circumnavigate
Europe, Asia, and Africa are often referred to collectively as the ____________________ World.
What is Old
Colonies provided valuable ____________________ materials that could be used to manufacture goods.
What is Raw
The growth of Europe's population increased the ____________________ for manufactured goods.
What is Demand
The amount of a good or service available for sale is called ____________________.
What is Supply
The Portuguese prince who supported early Portuguese exploration was Prince Henry the ____________________
What is Navigator
Europeans introduced horses, cattle, pigs, and ____________________ to the Americas.
What is Chickens
European countries established ____________________ in the Americas to gain access to natural resources and expand their empires.
What is Colonies
In a _____ Economy, individuals decide which goods and services they will buy
What is Market
European colonies supplied raw materials that were sent to Europe to be made into ____________________ goods.
What is Finish
Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in ________
What is 1492
Indigenous Americans had little or no ____________________ to many diseases brought from Europe.
What is Immunity
The three-continent trading system involving Europe, Africa, and the Americas is often called ____________________ trade.
What is Triangle
. The economic system in which individuals and private businesses own and operate most industries is called ____________________.
What is Capatalism
An ____________________ helped sailors determine their position using the sun and stars.
What is Astrolabe
The Portuguese explorer ____________________ was the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa.
What is Vasco de Gama
One major crop introduced to Europe from the Americas was the ____________________.
What is Potato
A tax placed on imported or exported goods is called a ____________________.
What is Tariff
During the 1800s, ____________________ became the foundation of most economic systems in the Western world.
What is Capatalism
An economic policy in which nations sought to increase wealth by controlling trade and accumulating precious metals was called ____________________.
What is Mercantilism