Explorers
Technology which gave European Explorers a sense of direction in the open sea
Compass
Mercantilism
Form of slavery used by Europeans in the New World
Chattel Slavery
Middle Eastern Empire which blocked European trade with much of Asia and Africa
Ottoman Empire
Fortified coastal settlements which protected colonial interests.
Port!
Empire toppled by Francisco Pizarro
Inca
Rich territory the Dutch East India Company and Sultanate of Indonesia received after ousting the Portuguese
Spice Islands
Large farm-estates fueled by slave labor
Plantations
African island colonized by the French
Madagascar
Castas
Mississippi River Valley
A document which ensured a Portuguese trade monopoly in the Arabian sea.
Cartaz!
Direct route from Africa to the Americas (part of the Atlantic Slave Trade/Triangle Trade)
Middle Passage
Brazil
Term for blending of different cultures, traditions, beliefs, and practices.
Syncretism
Explorer who conquered Puerto Rico and Florida for Spain
Ponce de Leon
Spanish system of labor following the banning of native slavery, inspired by the Inca.
Encomienda
Goods produced in the Americas and Europe which were exchanged for slaves in Africa
Guns and Alcohol (also Iron/Tools and Clothing)
Dutch fur trading settlement, known today as New York City
New Amsterdam
Syncretic religion formed out of the slave trade in Haiti and the southeastern United States
Voodoo/Vodou/Voudun
Joint Stock Trading Company which founded Jamestown
Narcotic originating in India which was sold to China with devastating results
Opium
Slaving ship on which the enslaved revolted and received freedom from the US government
La Amistad
East Asian archipelago (series of islands) given to the Spanish in the treaty of Zaragoza
The Philippines
The three ways that around 90% of the native American populations were wiped out in the Great Dying
Guns, Germs, and Steel (War, Disease, Displacement)