Tech and Exploration
This type of empire is based on sea travel and controlling ports rather than conquering vast amounts of land.
What is a Maritime/Trading Post Empire?
The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals was also known as...
What is the Atlantic System/Trans-Atlantic/Triangular Trade?
The economic theory where a country seeks top maximize wealth by exporting more that it imports.
What is mercantilism?
the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic
The blending of two or more religious beliefs into a new system [DOUBLE!]
What is syncretism?
Developed in the Islamic world and adopted by Europeans, this triangular sail allowed ships to sail against and with more wind. [DOUBLE!]
What is the lateen sail?
The primary cause of the massive population collapse of American Indians after 1492 [MINE! -100]
What is smallpox/measles?
A business entity where investors pool their money to fund colonization and share the risk.
What is a joint-stock company?
A grant by the Spanish crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand labor in exchange for goods
What is the encomienda system?
While European Empires expanded, this religion continued to spread.
What is Islam?
This Portuguese ship design was smaller and highly navigable, making ideal for exploration.
What is the caravel?
This New World crop, high in calories, became staple in Europe and Asia, leading to population growth.
What is the potato?
the precious metal extracted from mines like Potosi in the Americas, which became global currency.
What is silver?
The strict social hierarchy in Spanish America based on race.
What is the Casta System?
This queen of Ndongo led a resistance movement against Portuguese colonialism.
What is Ana Nzinga?
What are trading posts?
The introduction of this animal transformed the culture of Plains Indians, aiding in hunting.
What is the horse?
Unlike the free trade practiced in some Asian areas, trade was restricted by these in service of higher profits
What are monopolies?
In the Casta System, this term referred to people of mixed European and indigenous ancestry. [MINE! -100]
What are mestizos?
Indigenous peoples in the Americas often maintained these practices even after converting to Christianity, much to the frustration of missionaries. [DOUBLE!]
What are traditional/local practices?
The three 'Gs' [MINE! -100]
What are God, Glory and Gold?
The primary cash crop in the Caribbean and Brazil that drove demand for slave labor.
What is sugar?
The kingdom that benefitted the most from the slave trade with the Americas within Africa. [DOUBLE!]
What is the Kingdom of Kongo?
This type of land grant granted conquerors land to build plantations in exchange for trade rights.
What is the hacienda system?
The "bloodless" revolution that strengthened the power of Parliament over the monarch.
What is the Glorious Revolution?