Age of Exploration - anything goes!
Which geographic feature of Spain and Portugal most enhanced their ability to engage in exploration?
a) extensive river system
b) mountainous region
c) peninsular location
d) fertile plain
C (Peninsular location)
The Triangular Trade of the Columbian exchange is primarily between which 3 regions?
Who is Hernan Cortes ?
Colonies would send resources back to the Mother Country, in exchange they would receive ___________ and refined goods.
Economic Support
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the african diaspora
The forced migration of Africans to the americas (slave trade)
What caused the need for the Europeans to explore and discover new trade routes?
Ottoman control of Constantinople, the Mediterranean, and/or the silk road between europe and asia
Daily Double!
What did the Europeans want from the Chinese via naval trade routes in order to compete with the Ottomans who had and easier supply of it via the silk road?
Gun Powder
Pizzaro conquered which people?
The Inca
The British Empire as we know it was born out of the age of colonization (True or False)
True
Mercantilism is the idea that...
There is a finite amount of resources, a country to gain more power needs to control a larger portion. Therefore there is a need for colonies to exclusively supply you with resources so you can benefit and control the trade of it.
Which situation came first? Spain introducing the encomienda system or Columbus arriving in the Caribbean region.
Columbus arriving in the Caribbean region.
The British Ultimately colonized ______ as a result of wanting to control trade for the East India Trading companies and a domino effect of circumstances with the natives
India
DAILY DOUBLE
What do the conquistadors sail for? (The 3 G's)
God, Gold, and Glory
During the first Global Age (A.D. 1450–1770), European countries obtained both a source of raw materials and a reliable market for their finished goods by developing
the policy of mercantilism
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
imperialism
DAILY DOUBLE
What was one effect of the Columbian exchange on European society?
The population increased with the introduction of new foods.
In the Triangular Trade, what was most commonly transported from Africa to the Americas?
Slaves
Military technological advantages and what led to the conquering/ultimate decimation of the Latin American Natives?
Disease (small pox)
What was the primary economic policy used by the Spanish with their Latin American colonies?
Mercanlism
Which technological development enabled European navigators to determine their location during the Age of Exploration?
astrolabe
Which region’s colonial class structure included peninsulares, creoles, and mestizos?
Latin America
Trade with the Americas brought new foods into Europe that helped sustain a larger ________
Population
In the end, disease killing off so much of the native population led to the need to import _______ from Africa.
Slaves
DAILY DOUBLE
Name a modern country who was originally colonized by either Portugal or Spain
any example
The ________ is a term for the trade and cultural exchange between the Old world and the New world after "The Encounter" in 1492.
Columbian exchange