Maritime Developments
Name of the triangle trade in the discovery of the New World.......
This European nation colonized much of Latin America, including Mexico and Peru.
What is Spain?
What is a maritime based empire?
An empire actively seeking to expand by sea.
This European country controlled the largest colonial empire in the 19th century, famously claiming “the sun never sets” on its empire.
What is Great Britain?
Mr. O'Briens favorite football team is.....
European powers competed for colonies in this 19th-century event known as the “Scramble for ____.”
Africa!
This was Portugal’s one possession in the New World.
Brazil
The Congo was colonized by this Empire for just under 100 years by this Empire....
They were notoriously brutal in their transportation and treatment of slaves.
The Belgians!
What was the worst negative effect caused by Columbus’ arrival to the Americas?
Spread of disease (ex. smallpox, typhoid, influenza, measles, etc.)
Name one economic motivation and one political motivation for European imperialism.
Economic – access to raw materials/markets; Political – nationalism/power/prestige.
The Ottoman Navy lost dominant control of these two bodies of water in the late 16th century to Western powers. The two powers were the Dutch and Portuguese.......
What is the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean?
This British company played a major role in establishing control over India before it became an official colony.
What is the British East India Company?
What are staple crops? And what are examples?
Staple Crops are fundamental crops on plantations, that are produced in large quantities by slave labor. Examples include corn, sugar cane, rice, what, etc.
The system in which colonies exist to benefit the mother country economically is called this.
What is mercantilism?
This German monk broke away from the Catholic Church due to papal corruption, and formed the basis for Protestantism.
What is Martin Luther?
This event made Japan retreat into isolationism to a point where it was cut off from much of the rest of the world.
What is the Introduction of Christianity to Japan by the Portuguese?
The trading of this fabric was France’s major economic venture in the New World during the 17th century. Frances major colonies were in Africa and North America.....
What is Fur Trading?
The ___________ was a Spanish colonial labor system that functioned as a precursor to the plantation system, establishing a framework of forced Indigenous labor
Encomienda System (Plantations for Indigenous and Slave Labor)
This European nation established colonies in Indonesia and parts of South Africa.
What is the Netherlands (or the Dutch Empire)?
Key vocabulary word to describe the blending of different cultural or religious beliefs and practices to form a new, hybrid system.
Syncretism
As a result of the founding of the New World, a new money market system emerged to fund private companies through direct investment.
What is this system called?
Dutch Stock Exchange (Amsterdam Stock Exchange)
The idea that Europeans had a duty to civilize non-European peoples was part of this larger cultural justification for imperialism.
What is Social Darwinism?
Which Empire/Organization caused the decline and eventual fall of the Mughal Empire?
The British East India Company and the British Empire
This Chinese conflict began when Britain demanded the right to sell a certain addictive drug in China.
What is the Opium War?
What was the score of the Knicks game last night? And who did they play? Who scored the most points on the knicks?
Knicks 119 - Cavs 111, OG Anunoby