explorers
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around Africa to India.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This Dutch company controlled trade in Indonesia and had its own army.
What is the Dutch East India Company?
Spain focused on colonies in this region, getting gold and silver.
What is the Americas?
This ship type was small, fast, and could sail against the wind.
What is a caravel?
The new global connections created by sea-based empires.
What is a global trade network?
He sailed for Spain and is credited with “discovering” the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The economic policy that colonies existed to make the mother country rich.
What is mercantilism?
England’s first successful colony in North America.
What is Jamestown
Used by sailors to find direction by using Earth’s magnetic field.
What is a compass
Many indigenous people were forced to work or were displaced because of this.
What is colonialism?
This Portuguese prince helped start a school for sailors and encouraged exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
These were goods like spices, gold, and silver that made European countries rich.
What are commodities?
The Dutch controlled islands in this region for spice trade.
What is Indonesia?
Used to measure latitude by looking at the stars
What is an astrolabe?
The rise of this system of money and trade grew because of empire profits.
What is capitalism?
This Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This system involved exchanging goods, enslaved people, and raw materials between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade?
France focused on colonies in this part of North America, especially for fur trade.
What is Canada/Quebec?
This type of naval weapon on ships allowed European powers to dominate trade routes.
What are cannons?
The blending of cultures, foods, and ideas between continents is called this.
What is cultural diffusion?
He was the first to circumnavigate the globe, proving the world was round.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
These European merchants invested in voyages and trading companies to make profits from overseas trade.
Who are private investors?
These islands in the Caribbean were highly contested for sugar plantations.
What are the West Indies?
This innovation combined European and Asian shipbuilding designs to make long ocean voyages possible.
What is the carrack?
The massive movement of people, ideas, and goods led to the start of this global era.
What is the Age of Globalization?