Technology
Old World
New World
Columbian Exchange
FRQ
100

Why was Portugal a later addition to maritime trade?

What is lack of technology?

100

New trade from Europe disrupted the trading monopoly of which group of merchants?

Who are Muslim merchants?

100

What country colonized Brazil?

What is Portugal?
100

What main factor contributed to the large increase in slave trade to the Americas?

What is the production of cash crops?

100

The Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal was legitimized by who?

Who is the Pope?

200
Increased trade with countries such as India and Japan was made possible by what European innovations?

Improvements in ship building and navigation techniques 

200

True/False: Non-Muslims living in the Ottoman Empire were given the same rights as Muslims 

False!

200

What factor separated social classes in the New World?

What is race?

200

Why were indigenous groups so effected by the diseases brought from the Old World?

They had never encountered the diseases and had no immunity against them

200

How did the Spanish typically treat the people who inhabited their conquered lands?

What is violence/genocide? (Be able to name examples)

300

What pieces of technology aided in the expansion of maritime exploration?

1) compass

2) new sails

3) accurate maps

300

True/False: Spain's exploration encouraged surrounding European countries to begin their own trade routes

True!

300

Brazil was primarily known for what contribution to the triangular trade?

What is sugar?

300

What are some ways African culture contributed to early America?

1) religious syncretism 

2) music

3) new crops

3) oral tradition

300

The principals of Confucianism were based on what?

Adherence to social relationships. (ex. child to parents, wife to husband, servant to master0

400

What were some the effects of Atlantic slave trade for the African continent?

1) increased focus on maritime routes

2) increased hostility amongst African groups

3) increased trade of gunpowder/weapons

400

What were the results of the Maroon Wars?

1) Windward maroons were left in peace, if they remained neutral

2) Acknowledge the use of slavery as legitimate

3) Aid with the capture of other runaway slaves

400

While diseases were spread to the New World, what items were transferred to the Old World?

What are crops/animals?

400

What were some changes and continuities in labor migration during this period?

Continuity: skilled laborers being forced to contribute to the conquering empires, African tribes taking prisoners of war

Changes: transportation of captured/enslaved africans to the new world, maritime networks changing migration patterns

500

The decrease in Subsaharan trade routes was most likely caused by what?

What is the increase of maritime trade routes?

500

What policies did Asian countries introduce to foreign traders?

They restricted foreign trade and adopted isolationist policies.

500

What effect did increased trade activity have amongst religious beliefs?

It led to the spread and mixing of various religions

500

How were indigenous people in the Americas affected by the Columbian Exchange?

1) new crops/animals introduced 

2) New religious traditions 

3) New diseases

4) new ethnic classifications

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