Explorers
In 1492, he and his crew landed in the Bahamas.
This was the trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa in which the Americas sent raw goods to Europe, Europe sent manufactured goods to Africa (and the colonies), and enslaved Africans were taken to the Americas.
Triangle Trade
The Great Dying
Who funded Columbus' expedition to the Americas?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
What empire took over Constantinople, which caused Europeans to look for routes around it?
Ottoman Empire
He was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope.
Dias
Name three things that were traded in the Triangle Trade.
Sugar Cane, rum, textiles, guns, enslaved peoples, etc.
What was a major cause of the loss of life in the Americas.
Enslavement, lack of immunity, diseases
This was the Treaty that gave Spain lands west of the Line of Demarcation and Portugal lands east of the Line of Demarcation.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
What was Japan's ultimate response to the European Age of Exploration?
Isolationism
He helped fund Portuguese learning about navigation.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Name at least two cash crops.
Indigo, sugar cane, tobacco, coffee, etc.
Identify three diseases exchanged in the Columbian Exchange.
Small Pox, Measles, Influenza, Malaria, Typhus, etc.
Why did the Chinese Ming Dynasty stop the voyages after the death of Zheng He?
They wanted to focus on finishing building the Great Wall of China to protect them from outside invaders.
The Portuguese sailor who was the first European to sail to India.
Vasco da Gama
Explain the concept of mercantilism.
The aim of countries to get as much gold as possible and to have a greater balance of trade.
What region of Africa were the majority of enslaved Africans taken from?
What were the three major motivations of the Age of Exploration? Hint: Three G's
Gold
Glory
God
What were two positives caused by the Columbian Exchange / Age of Exploration?
Globalized economy, exchange of goods
This Chinese eunuch went on seven voyages projecting the power of the Chinese Ming Dynasty.
Zheng He
What was the name of the companies where private investors pooled their money together to fund voyages for economic profit
joint-stock companies
This was the name of holding cells where captives were kept before the Middle Passage.
The Point of No Return
Describe three things regarding the Middle Passage.
horrific, dehumanized, cramped quarters, many died enroute (15-20%), there were some rebellions, etc.
What were two negatives caused by the Columbian Exchange / European Age of Exploration?
Destruction of Native American Peoples and Culture
Enslavement of Native Americans and Africans
Spread of Diseases
Biodiversity of Americas impacted --> monoculture crops...