Dutch trade ship; mainly used in 16th and 17th centuries

Portuguese/Spanish ship used for long voyages (high speed); mainly used from 15th to 17th centuries

triangular sails could easily catch wind coming from many directions allowing ship to travel in different directions

used by sailors to determine their distance north or south of the equator; improved by Muslims

: invented by the Chinese, navigate trade routes

Christopher Columbus:

1492 sailed across the Ocean blue (Atlantic Ocean)- New World

transfer of crops, animals, and disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas and infected indigenous people who had no immunity to the disease

Incas developed a terrace system to grow it

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:

Europeans enslaved African men, women, and children, and took them to the Americas

individuals were property to be bought and sol

coercive labor system; landowners convinced indigenous people to work for them in exchange for food and shelter, land and labor

land given to conquistadors for their efforts, sugar plantations

forced labor system used on indigenous people by the Spanish (recreated INCA system)

forced labor used by the indigenous people by the SPANISH, used by the Incans first, a draft of people to work the land

Indentured servitude:

servants worked for a certain number of years in exchange for passage

ruler of Ndongo; became an ally of Portugal

Nat Turner’s rebellion:

led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831; led to harsher slavery legislation

having multiple partners/spouses

trade = wealth; maximize exports and minimize imports, finite amount of gold and silver in the world, created competition (finite- limited)

Portuguese had first one; used to control trade; merchants had to call trading sites and pay a tax

Joint Stock Companies:

business owned by shareholders where they can sell or buy shares from each other

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The Fluyt	Dutch trade ship; mainly used in 16th and 17th centuries
Caravel	Portuguese/Spanish ship used for long voyages (high speed); mainly used from 15th to 17th centuries
Carrack:	Portuguese trade ship
Lateen sail:	triangular sails could easily catch wind coming from many directions allowing ship to travel in different directions
Astrolabe:	used by sailors to determine their distance north or south of the equator; improved by Muslims
Compass	: invented by the Chinese, navigate trade routes
Christopher Columbus:	1492 sailed across the Ocean blue (Atlantic Ocean)- New World
Columbian Exchange:	transfer of crops, animals, and disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
Smallpox:	Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas and infected indigenous people who had no immunity to the disease
Maize: corn;	Incas developed a terrace system to grow it
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:	Europeans enslaved African men, women, and children, and took them to the Americas
Chattel slavery:	individuals were property to be bought and sol
Encomienda:	coercive labor system; landowners convinced indigenous people to work for them in exchange for food and shelter, land and labor
Conquistadors	: Spanish conquerors
Hacienda:	land given to conquistadors for their efforts, sugar plantations
Repartimiento:	forced labor system used on indigenous people by the Spanish (recreated INCA system)
Mita:	forced labor used by the indigenous people by the SPANISH, used by the Incans first, a draft of people to work the land
Indentured servitude:	servants worked for a certain number of years in exchange for passage
Queen Nzinga:	ruler of Ndongo; became an ally of Portugal
Nat Turner’s rebellion:	led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831; led to harsher slavery legislation
Polygamy:	having multiple partners/spouses
Mercantilism:	trade = wealth; maximize exports and minimize imports, finite amount of gold and silver in the world, created competition (finite- limited)
Trading Post Empire:	Portuguese had first one; used to control trade; merchants had to call trading sites and pay a tax
Joint Stock Companies:	business owned by shareholders where they can sell or buy shares from each other

Created by: Arod715

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