Trade Routes
gold was the main thing traded on this trade route
Trans-Saharan Trade Route
first European monarch to support & fund maritime exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
which continents are the New World & the Old World
New World = North & South America
Old World = Europe
what does the development of cash crops & plantation agriculture lead to?
chattel slavery/Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
what were 3 reasons for European colonization & exploration?
-political rivalries
-spreading of Catholicism
-economic opportunities
(God, Gold, Glory)
these 3 continents/areas were involved in the Trans-Atlantic Trade
Europe, West Africa, Americas
Which European country was the first to establish maritime trade & a trading post empire?
Portugal
sugarcane & tobacco
economic policy where mother country gets rich by establishing colonies & setting high tarrifs
mercantilism
which 2 European countries colonized most of South America
Portugal & Spain
trade routes always lead to...
cultural diffusion & exchange
What are 3 innovations from the Indian Ocean Exchange that help lead to European exploration?
-lateen sails
-magnetic compass
-astronomical charts
disease that led to ~90% of Indigenous Peoples dying
smallpox:(
these kingdoms became rich & expanded power due to increased trade with Europeans
Asante Empire & Kingdom of Kongo
which 2 trading routes was Portugal a part of between 1450-1750?
Indian Ocean Exchange & Trans-Atlantic Trade
what are 2 diseases & the 2 trade routes they spread on that we have talked about
small pox - Trans-Atlantic Trade
Bubonic Plague - Silk Roads/Indian Ocean Exchange
Portuguese explorer who sails around Africa and claims India as part of Portugal's territory --> helps establish Portugal as a trading post empire
Vasco Da Gama
3 things that went from New World to Old World
tobacco, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, turkeys, peanuts, cocoa
Casta System
syncretism
what religion was spread through Trans-Atlantic Trade
Christianity --> CATHOLICISM
3 types of boats that European countries used to explore
-carrack
-caravel
-fluyt
3 things that went from Old World to New World
coffee beans, smallpox, influenza, horses, cows, sugarcane, honeybees
True or False: there was no resistance to European Colonization
FALSE --> there were internal & external challenges to European colonization
2 American civilizations that were defeated by conquistadores
Incas - Francisco Pizzaro