Exploration
What year did the Old World and New World meet?
1492
How did the Columbian Exchange massively decrease the population in the New World?
Spread of disease (mostly from Europe to the Americas)
What commodity most contributed to the import of enslaved Africans to the New World?
Sugar
What commodity were European traders primarily interested in Southeast Asia?
Spices
What was the title of the Spaniards who colonized the New World?
Conquistadors (Cortes conquered Mexica and Pizarro conquered Incas)
What are TWO technological development that led to increased exploration?
Compass; Carrack; Caravel; Fluyt; Cartography; Astrolabe; Lateen sails
How did the Columbian Exchange massively increase the population in the Old World?
New World food crops brought to the Old World
What are the 3 "Gs" that influenced Europeans to explore and colonize Latin America?
Gold, God, Glory
During this time period of rapid European growth, Ming China chose to [INCREASE/DECREASE] its involvement in world trade.
Decrease
What is the name of the document that gave Spain control of most of Latin America and Portugal control of most of Brazil, Africa, and Asia?
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Which European nation (and person) was the first to sponsor extensive maritime travel?
Portugal - Prince Henry the Navigator
What is a major environmental impact of the Columbian exchange?
Environmental degradation (deforestation, soil depletion, soil erosion)
The exploitation of colonies (including the extraction of precious metals) by a dominating power is known as the economic policy of
Mercantilism
During this time period of rapid European growth, Japan chose to [INCREASE/DECREASE] its involvement in world trade.
Decrease
What was the primary purpose of European trading posts in Africa and Asia?
To allow for control and access to heavily trafficked maritime routes
What was the primary reason for Europeans' desire to begin extensive maritime travel?
To trade with Asia more easily (avoid taxes from Gunpowder Empires)
Identify 3 specific food items that traveled from the New World to the Old World
Potatoes, corn, tobacco, cacao, peanuts
What was the most important precious metal imported from the New World to Europe and what did Europe do with that metal?
Silver and traded it with China for luxury goods
Which Asian country did England establish the most direct relationship with and what empire controlled that region?
India & Mughal Empire
What are TWO products Europeans sold African Kingdoms in exchange for enslaved people?
Manufactured goods (textiles, guns, rum)
For TWO European nations, name an explorer, their country, and key voyage destination.
Page 204 of AMSCO
Identify 3 specific diseases that traveled from the Old World to the New World
Smallpox, measles, typhus, bubonic plague, flu.
Identify 2 examples of cultural syncretism in the New Worlds
Santeria; Vodun; Candomblé; Virgin of Guadalupe
What was the name of European state-sponsored companies sent to control trading posts in Asia? Name 2 of them.
Joint stock companies. British East India Company & Dutch East India Company
Identify 3 different types of labor systems taking place in Europe from 1450-1750
Serfdom, Indentured Servants, Free Peasants, Nomads, and Guild Members