Trade
What goods did the Americas send to Europe?
raw goods and cash crops
Name a modern-day technology that uses Lateen sails
What company monopolized trade in Asia
British East India Company
What are the 4 Rs of exploration?
Religion (Reformation)
Riches/resources
Respect/reach/reputation
Renaissance
Who were the main two groups that sponsored or funded exploration?
The church and the country
Name the disease sent from the Americas to Europe
Syphilis
Who had the most powerful navy during this time?
Spanish and British
Define the encomienda system
colonists created a feudal system in which natives worked the land and were taught Christianity
Who is da Gama and what did he do?
First European to discover the sea route to India
Who were the major 5 countries looking to expand
Spain, Dutch (Netherlands), French, Portuguese and English
Define African Diaspora
spread of African peoples and culture throughout the world
Name the popular navigational tool used to make longitude and latitude lines easier to read
Sextant
Name the new worlds for France, England, Portuguese and Spain
Portuguese and Spanish
Portuguese gained ports in Africa
Split South America with Spain
The French
Settled in Quebec, and some Caribbean Islands
The English
settled east coast of North America, Canada, Oceania and India
What Christopher Columbus do?
Find a sea route to India and China going west from Europe
He was able to establish long-term trade routes, help lead the exploration of the Americas
Why did we expand?
Rivalries among European states bring competition to expand before another power claims territory
Religion-Euorpeans believe it is their Christian duty to seek out people in other lands to convert
Desire for WEALTH-conquests bring new opportunities for making $$ through taxation and trade
Name a disease that was sent from Europe to the Americas
Who were the creators of the Astrolabe?
Muslim exploreres
What was the main idea behind colonization
Europe was overcrowded- new land and opportunities for all
Great source of wealth from raw goods (see Mercantilism)
European powers competed with each other for more colonies (=more goods, power, wealth
Name 3 lasting effects of the Columbian Exchange
Diets changed, new plants and animals and new diseases
What was the goal of countries expanding trade?
They created policies designed to sell as many goods as possible and buy as little as possible
They wanted to increase exports and decrease imports
Who was the first group of people to set up enslaved people ports?
The Portuguese then the British
Name a longterm affect of exploration technology
European naval technology improve
Transatlantic travel becomes possible for European explorers
Strong Navies become the most important for conquest and global trade
Define mercantilism and the importance of mother countries
Economic philosophy that a nation’s strength depends on its wealth
Mother Countries sought to export more than it imported and compete with other countries
Spanish conquerors of the Americas that were able to conquer because of modern weapons (horses, gunpowder), and diseases
Who was the first country to start expanding and what happened to them?
Portugal, they were eventually overtaken by the Spanish explorers due to being small, lacking workers and ships necessary, eventually lost influence