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Module 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What technological advances made possible the age of exploration? | Carival with is triangular sails that allow it to sail against the winds astrolabe magnetic compass. |
| What were some immediate and some long term advantage of Columbus voyage? | Immediately increase tension between Spain and Portugal Long-term open up the Americas to Euro colonization. |
| What was the most important result of this Agreement? | By agreeing to honor the line of demarcation that divided Portuguese and Spanish land claims, countries opened the era of exploration in earnest. |
| How did the Dutch gained control of much of India ocean trade? | Became a great naval power allied with England to break Portuguese controls of trade and then drove English out of region. |
| Why did Spain set up trading posts in Asia? | To end Portuguese domination of Asian trade and establish it own grate empire. |
| What was the significance of Columbus's voyages? | The voyages begin the process of Euro colonization of the Americas. |
| What factors helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec's? | Superior weaponry, aid of some groups of natives ,euro diseases that kill many native Americans. |
| How did the Spanish treat the people they conquered? | They intermarried, impose their culture in exploited Native American as laborer's. |
| What was unique about the Spanish colonization of the lands of New Mexico? | Mainly priest explore and colonize much of the region. |
| What was long-term consequence of this action? | Replacement of native Americans forced labor is enslavement of AfrIcans. |
| What did slaves consist of in the Atlantic slave trade? | farmers, merchants, priests, soldiers; fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. |
| What caused the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade? | when the natives started to die out they needed more people to work their land and for them so they brought in slaves. |
| what were the economies like in Africa during the Atlantic slave trade? | -forced labor among slaves to enrich other parts of the world -labor of A. slaves built economies for many American colonies -their info. of agriculture contributed to growth of rice industry in English colonies. |
| What did Europeans rely on in the Atlantic slave trade? | rulers and traders to seize captives in the interior and bring them to the coastal posts of fortresses. |
| What effect did the Atlantic Slave trade have on Africa? | -slave raiders captured the strongest young-future leaders -divided Africans one from another -decline of some African states-disappearing people |
| What was the Columbian Exchange? | The global transfer of foods, plants and animals during the colonization of the Americas. |
| What were the results of the Columbian Exchang? | -corn and potatoes helped boost world population because inexpensive to grow, highly nutritious -disease from Europe killed many Native Americans -sugar led to riches and enslavement -potato led to dependence in Ireland, had to migrate during famine |
| What were the cause of the Commercial Revolution of the 1600's? | -new wealth from the Americas+ dramatic growth in overseas trade prompted new business and trade practices in Europe during 16th and 17 centuries -dramatically changed economic atmosphere. |
| Why Capitalism grew in the 1600's in Europe? | -govts. no longer sole owners of great wealth -private merchants making lots of money -merchants continued to invest their money in trade and oversees explorations, profits from investments made even more money, reinvested, business fluorished. |
| How did the economic changes that swept Europe during the age of American colonization affect European society? | 1.Commercial Revolution spurred the growth of towns and the rise of the merchant class- merchants rose in status 2.increased the wealth of European nations. |