INTRO.
GROUP NAME
THE EGYPTIANS
SILK ROAD CUT OFF BY
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
EXPULSION OF MUSLIMS FROM SPAIN
1492
DUTCH AND BRITISH IMPROVED DESIGN OF
OCEANICE VESSELS
AFRICA DIVERSIFIED AFTER
1500
THE WEST ROSE TO WORLD PROMINENCE AFTER
1450
VIKING EXPLORATIONS IN THE ______ CENTURY IN NORTH AMERICA AND GREENLAND
10TH
SAILED WESTWARD BUT REACHED THE AMERICAS INSTEAD (COLUMBUS UNAWARE, CALLED THE PEOPLE
INDIANS
FRENCH CROSSED ATLANTIC AND CLAIMED CANADA IN
1534
GOLD, IVORY, AND SLAVES
MAIN EUROPEAN INTERESTS
WESTERN SOCIETY EXCELLED AT
SHIPBUILDING, NAVIGATION (COMPASS),DEVELOPING HIGH-QUALITY GUNNERY (EXPLOSIVE POWDER), CREATING LARGE ARMIES AND NAVIES
(PRINCE OF PORTUGAL) ORDERED EXPEDITIONS DOWN AFRICAN COAST BEGINNING IN 1434
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (ITALIAN NAVIGATOR) APPROACHED SPANISH MONARCHY TO FINANCE HIS EXPEDITION TO
INDIA
DUTCH GAINED INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN LATE
16TH CENTURY
__ MILLION AFRICANS TAKEN INTO SLAVERY BETWEEN 1500 AND END OF SLAVE TRADE IN 19TH CENTURY
12
UNFAVORABLY BALANCED TRADE WITH
ASIA
PORTUGAL LOOKED FOR CONQUESTS IN AFRICA HOPING FOR TO DISCOVER
WEALTH
SPAIN CLAIMED THE ___________ (TERRITORY OF SPAIN UNTIL 1898)
PHILLIPINES
VOYAGERS FROM HOLLAND EXPLORED THE COAST OF
AUSTRALIA
FON KINGDOM OF THE 18TH CENTURY, ORGANIZED AND TRADED FROM SINGLE LOCATION TO KEEP _______ OUT
EUROPEANS
C. 1300-1600
RENAISSANCE
1497 – REACHED INDIA
VASCO DA GAMA
_________________ (ITALIAN NAVIGATOR IN SPANISH SERVICE) GAVE THE NEW WORLD IT’S NAME
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
ESTABLISHED A SETTLEMENT IN MID _____________ ON SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA (SET AS A RELAY STATION FOR SHIPS BOUND FOR EAST INDIES)
17TH CENTURY
CONFLICT WITH THE _______ IN SOUTH AFRICA
BANTU