Causes of Maritime Exploration
This was one of the big reasons why Europeans wanted to find a sea-based route to Asia.
They wanted spices, but it was too expensive to buy them from the Silk Road
Natural immunity to the diseases
In this labor system, the laborer would sign a contract binding them to a job for a specified number of years.
Indentured servitude
This was the main motivation for exploration by European countries.
The spread of Christianity
When France found Canada, they became part of this lucrative trade.
The Fur Trade
This joint-stock company was chartered by the Dutch and given a monopoly on the East India Trade
The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
This was the most consequential animal brought to the New World.
The horse
In this form of slavery, the purchaser had complete ownership over the enslaved person.
Chattel slavery
These countries expelled all of their Jewish citizens so that no one else would convert to Judaism.
Spain & Portugal
This kingdom converted to Christianity in order to continue it's partnership with Portugal.
Kingdom of Kongo
This tool adopted from the ancient Greek & Arab world helped sailors find their latitude & longitude by measuring the stars.
The Columbian Exchange did not deal in the transfer of these.
Religion, ideas, beliefs
Because of the gender imbalances created by the slave trade, this type of relationship became more prevalent in some African states.
Polygamy
This was a mix of African Animist beliefs with Christian doctrines and practices that was practiced in the Americas.
Voodoo
China had a need for this material that was given to them by Spain who got it from the New World.
Silver
This state driven economics system saw the world's wealth as a pie, and the goal was to get the most of that pie.
Mercantilism
As new foods were added to everyone's diets this began happening.
Healthier and longer lives, increased population.
Mit'a System
This class of Russian aristocratic landowners fought back against Peter the Great, but were eventually stripped of their class.
The Boyars
These two empires continued to control most of Asia's land-based trade routes.
These two political systems started to lose power as these people started to become more powerful.
Manorialism & Feudalism, Monarchs
This method of agriculture focused on growing one crop primarily for export.
Cash Cropping
Spain used this system to divide indigenous peoples among Spanish settlers and force the to provide labor for food and protection.
Encomienda
This was the new social hierarchy imposed by Spain in their colonies which separated people by race.
The Casta System
This was a rebellion by the French because of the conversion to an absolute monarchy and the raising of taxes.