Maritime Technology
technology that radically changed ships and navigation during the period 1450-1750
What was the lateen sail?
corporation which received government support in Indonesia
What was the Dutch East India Company?
global labor practice that continued into the Americas
What was slavery?
Asian country that established a profoundly isolationist approach to trade with Europe
What was Japan?
technology that allowed the Portuguese to impose their will
What was were cannons and gunpowder?
country that vacated the Indian Ocean providing an opportunity for European influence
What was China?
a historical phrase that encompasses the exchange of food, disease, and culture between Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a strong Christian missionary presence defined this European Empire
What was Spain?
an example of ship building innovation
What was the caravel, fluyt, and/or carrack?
proximity to China and the spice islands, small and militarily weak societies, the absence of competing claims encouraged this country to establish colonial rule in the Philippines
What was Spain?
nearly fifty percent of African slaves toiled in this country to produce sugar
What was Brazil?
The British East India company received permission to establish trading posts in India from this empire
What was the Mughal Empire?
an empire that sought "to control commerce, not large territories or populations and to do so by force of arms rather than by economic competition"
What was a trading post empire?
resource that became global currency
What was silver?
product that became valuable following the Little Ice Age and created wealth for Russia
What was fur?
influenced by these mercantilist principles, these were used by rulers and merchants to finance exploration and were used by rulers to compete against one another in global trade.
they influenced European maritime technology innovations
Who were Islamic and Asian powers?
country, which provided an antithesis to Spain, used silver-generated profits to defeat hundreds of feudal lords and unify the country
What was Japan?
economic stagnation, gender imbalances, population decline and the absence of technological breakthroughs defined what region of the world by the 19th Century
What was Africa?
Chinese authorities instituted a single tax that created a worldwide demand for this resource.
What was silver?