Age Of Exploration Flashcards
Who wrote many letters describing his voyage.
Amergio Vespucci
Who discovered the Americas
Christopher Columbus
What was the route that connected Europe, Africa, Asia, and the American continents?
The triangular trade route.
What was the name of the journey of enslaved prisons from Africa and America?
The middle passage
The African society of _______ was from a brilliant society to a corrupt and brutal place by the slave trade?
Benin
Africans were brought to to the Americas to supply the labor for what?
Sugarcane plantations
The slave trade led to increased warfare in Africa.
T/F
True
Abundant supplies of gold and silver were exported from the Americas to Europe. T/F?
True
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on what?
A large supply of bullion, pr, gold, and silver
Is the journey from which enslaved persons from Africa to America
The middle passage
The _______ is the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time
Balance of trade
