European Exploration & Technology
Europeans wanted these valuable goods from Asia that were expensive in Europe.
Spices and luxury goods
Europeans explored to gain wealth through this activity.
Trade
This early Mesoamerican civilization influenced later cultures.
Olmec
The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between hemispheres
Columbian Exchange
The forced movement of Africans across the Atlantic was called this.
Atlantic slave trade
This empire controlled major overland trade routes between Europe and Asia
Ottoman Empire
Finding new sea routes allowed Europeans to bypass these routes.
Land routes
Early societies like the Zapotec and Nazca influenced later civilizations by developing advanced this.
Agriculture and engineering
Crops from the Americas helped increase population growth in Europe and China. Name one.
Corn or potatoes
Most enslaved Africans were taken from this region.
West Africa
This navigation tool helped sailors determine latitude at sea.
Astrolabe
Exploration was driven by competition between European this.
Nations
This empire used quipu and roads to control its territory.
Inca
This disease devastated Indigenous populations in the Americas
Smallpox
Colonization caused land loss and population decline for this group.
Indigenous peoples
This type of ship made long-distance ocean exploration possible.
Caravel
Monarchs believed colonies would provide raw materials and this benefit.
New markets
This civilization used chinampas to support a large population.
Aztec
Silver from the Americas became especially important to trade with this country.
China
Enslaved labor in the Americas produced these major cash crops.
Sugar, tobacco, and cotton
These triangular sails allowed ships to sail against the wind.
Lateen sails
Exploration increased a nation’s wealth and international this.
Power
This civilization developed advanced calendars and astronomy.
Maya
China’s main role in global trade during the 16th–17th centuries.
Major consumer and manufacturer
A long-term global result of exploration and colonization.
Globalization