Things
What was the item that the Dutch would take over from the Bonda Islands
nutmeg
This divided the world between Spain and Portugal
Line of Demarcation
What trade item created vast competition among North American Native tribes
Fur Trade
What is it called when there is a surplus of currency and it devalues how much the currency is worth
Inflation
What powers did the Dutch East India Company have
Wage war
Diplomacy
Could decide what to do with the local population
This was the most profitable company in human history
Dutch East India company
Where was the biggest silver mine in the world
Potosi Bolivia, South America
What item did the French bring to Caribbean
Coffee
This is when the Pope gave permission for Europeans to export Africans to the Americas as slaves
papal permission
What is a negative aspect of the fur trade on the environment
Causes animals to go become endangered or nearly extinct
What did the Japanese do to the Catholics and why?
They viewed Catholics and the Portuguese as trying to overthrow the government. They killed and forcibly removed Catholics from Japan
What country changed its currency to silver
China
Why did the silver drain hurt Spain more than it did Japan?
Japan invested in its economy and country.
Spain strictly used it for trade with China
This is when a government supports a business
Charter
What was the difference between how European governments handled merchants vs how Japanese government handled their merchants
European governments supported the violence committed by their merchants. The Japanese government did not
The only successful slave revolution in human history
Haitian Revolution
Why did Spain have difficultly with the local Chinese population in Manila, Phillipines?
Chinese did not want to convert to Christianity and would rebel
What did Spain get from China in exchange for the furs from North America
Silk and other goods
Why did the Dutch give up New York to the British
They traded for Suriname, South America
So they could grow Sugar Cane
What was the name of the Japanese Shogun who opposed Portuguese colonialism in Japan
Tokugawa
This person sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
Vasco De Gama
What major crop was grown in Brazil and the Caribbean
Sugar Cane
Who was the only European Country to be on good terms with the Natives
France
Coffee Shops
Why did the Pope not allow Europeans to become slaves
They were Christians while Africans were likely Muslims or non-Christians