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what is the definition of race and ethnicity?
race is a social structure that has been used to categorize people by how they look. Ethnicity is categorizing people by what they believe.
what were the main goals of the European explorers during the age of exploration?
god, glory, and gold.
why did africans trade other africans as slaves and what role did ethnicity play in this case?
some African elites, such as those in the Dahomey and Ashanti empires, took advantage of this control and used it to their profit by enslaving and selling other Africans to European traders.
what was the impact on the age of exploration on the demand of slaves?
Europe's conquest and colonization of North and South America and the Caribbean islands.
definition of race?
A concept used to describe a group of people who share physical characteristics.
How did the Age of Exploration contribute to the Age of Slavery in the New World?
European explorers were able to trick African kings into kidnapping people from their kingdoms by promising goods.
discuss the role of bartolomé de las casas in the context of Spanish imperialism
Bartolomé de Las Casas was a Dominican priest who was one of the first Spanish settlers in the New World.
how many africans were enslaved between 1400 and 1800 and what were the conditions of there transport?
More than eight out of ten Africans forced into the slave trade crossed the Atlantic between 1700 and 1850. The decade 1821 to 1830 saw more than 80,000 people .
what was the biggest lasting effect from the slave trade on amodern society?
rising poverty.
ethnicity definition?
an cultural heritage.
how did explorers create a global economy?
The discovery of the Americas introduced a wealth of new goods into the global market.
how did the concept of race develop in the Age of Exploration?
European colonists' use of the word “white” to refer to people who looked like themselves, grew to become entangled with the word “race” and “slave” in the American colonies in the mid-1660s.
what were the primary sources of slaves in ancient and medieval Europe
slaves primarily came into Christian Iberia through trade with the Muslim kingdoms of the south.
Everywhere in the American colonies, a crushing demand for labor existed to grow New World cash crops, especially sugar and tobacco.
colonialism definition?
control by one power over a dependent area or people.
how did European imperialism change in the late 1800s?
by the rapid growth of the Industrial Revolution.
who was Christopher Columbus and what were his significant contributions to the exploration
a brilliant navigator and explorer during the age of European exploration. His voyages revealed two continents new to Europeans and initiated a period of rapid colonization, exploration, and exploitation in the Americas.
what was the middle passage and what were some horrers associated with it?
The enslaved were transported in wretched conditions, men and women separated, across the Atlantic. Mortality was high; those with strong bodies survived. Young women and girls were raped by the crew.
how did the the slave trade affect african populations and societies?
Other states were completely destroyed and their populations decimated as they were absorbed by rivals.
systemic racism definition?
the oppression of a racial group to the advantage of others.
how did the Spanish imperialism affect the native people of the Caribbean?
Spanish colonists force the native Taino people on pain and death to preform labor on the island.
what was the impact of the Columbian exchange and how does it affect both new and old worlds?
facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World.
How did the concept of slavery differ in medieval Europe compared to medieval Africa?
Justifications for slavery throughout the medieval period were dominated by the perception of religious difference.
what were the long term effects on africans and americans during the slave trade?
African countries were destabilized and left vulnerable to conquest, colonization, and violence for centuries.
Indigenous people's definition?
social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the land and natural resources.