Causes of Exploration
European exploration increased after this empire disrupted traditional land routes to Asia in 1453.
Ottoman Empire
This economic system emphasized exporting more goods than importing.
Mercantilism
This disease killed millions of Indigenous Americans after European contact.
Small Pox
Portugal focused on building these along the African and Asian coasts.
Trading Posts
The Columbian Exchange connected these two hemispheres.
Eastern & Western Hemispheres
Europeans searched for new routes largely to obtain these luxury goods.
Spices
This agricultural system relied on enslaved labor in the Americas.
Plantation system
This animal introduced by Europeans transformed hunting and travel in the Americas.
The Horse
Spain conquered these two American empires in the 1500s.
Aztec and Inca Empires
This American crop helped increase populations in Europe and Asia.
Potato
Explorers hoped to spread this religion overseas.
Christianity
This Spanish labor system forced Indigenous people to work for colonists.
Encomienda system
This plantation crop caused increased slavery and environmental damage.
Sugar
Britain expanded trade in this South Asian empire through the East India Company.
Mugal Empire
This animal introduced by Europeans changed life for Plains Indigenous peoples.
Horse
This navigation tool helped sailors determine direction at sea.
Magnetic Compass
These companies allowed investors to fund overseas trade.
Joint-stock companies
Plantation farming often caused this environmental issue due to repeated use of the land.
Soil depletion
This Chinese dynasty restricted outside trade after the early voyages.
Ming Dynasty
This trade network connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
This economic theory encouraged countries to gain wealth through colonies and trade.
Mercantilism
This economic shift toward global trade occurred in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s.
Commercial Revolution
This triangular trade system involved the movement of goods, enslaved people, and raw materials across three continents.
Columbian Exchange
These trading companies helped Europeans dominate trade in Asia.
East India Companies
This disease devastated Indigenous American populations.
Small Pox
Competition among European states for power, wealth, and land is known as this motive for exploration.
Imperialism / competition between European states
This triangular trade system involved the movement of goods, enslaved people, and raw materials across three continents.
Triangular Trade
This economic shift toward global trade occurred in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s.
The Columbian Exchange
This economic policy encouraged European nations to control colonies and trade to increase national wealth.
Mercantialism
This global exchange moved plants, animals, diseases, and people between continents.
Columbian Exchange