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Unit 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cartography | mapmaking (Arabs) |
| Astrolabe | latitude (Arabs) |
| Lateen Sails | triagular sails (Arabs) |
| Caravels | 3 masted ships (Arabs) |
| Compass | (Chinese) |
| Reconquista | competition w/ Muslims (MAJOR INFLUENCE) |
| Targeted | South and East Asia |
| Catholic Spain & Portugal | pushed missionary importance |
| Also threatened by | Protestants |
| Trade | silk, techonology, and spices from Asia |
| Wanted to cut out | Middlemen |
| Explored on huge ships | Zheng |
| Middle Kingdom shut down exploration because | "What could they find elsewhere that was better than China?" |
| Prince Henry | started a school, so they could cut out the middlmen, and made a huge profit |
| Why Portugal | geography: Costal and clsoe to Africa |
| Africa | gold |
| Why Spain | super patriotic after Reconquista, and wanted to spead Catholicism |
| Why both | geography: boot-like protrusion put them in control as the middlemen |
| Cape of Good Hope | 1488 (Henry) traded w/ Muslims |
| Vasco De Gama | traded w/ Indians |
| Columbus | God, gold, and glory |
| Columbian Exchange | animals, plants, diseases, and people between Europe/Africa and the Americas |
| Amerindians | Native Americans |
| Afro-Eurasia to Americas | horses, pigs, chickens, cows, sugarcane, bananas, wheat, and rice |
| Sugarcane plantations | reason for slave trade (make Eur. kingdoms rich) |
| Americas to Afro-Eurasia | potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, corn, cocoa, peppers |
| Became a staple in Europe | potato |
| Became a staple in Africa | corn |
| Diseases from Columbian Exchange | smallpox |
| Native Americans | not immune, 90% died from disease (Genocide?) |
| Depopulation | made conquering easy |
| People migrating to the Americas | most were voluntary, slaves were not |
| Indentured servants | paid back their trip costs by working for someone |
| Mestizos | Spanish & Native American |
| Religions of the Columbian Exchange | Catholic Missionaries -mass baptisms quantity over quality Natives intertwine native religion with Christianity |
| Precious Meals from the Columbian Exchange | Gold -straight to Spain Silver -Peru -real currency Traded for Asian spices and silks GLOBAL TRADE NETWORK |
| Latin American society | blend of Native, African, and European cultures |
| 13 English Colonies | "afterthought" didn't make any real money trade came from fish in the Northeast |
| Triangle Trade | America, Africa, Europe |
| America to Europe (raw materials) | (from): sugar, rum, cod (for): silver and guns |
| Europe to Africa (factory) | (from): silver and guns (for): slaves |
| Africa to Americas (slaves) | (from): slaves (for): sugar, rum, cod |