Chapter 6 Key Terms Flashcards
A massive, interconnected web of commerce in premodern times between lands bordering the Indian Ocean, transformed as Europeans entered in the following 1500.
Indian Ocean
A form of imperial dominance based on control of trade through military power rather than control of peoples or territories.
Trading post empire
Pacific islands colonized by Spain in a relatively bloodless process accompanied by a major effort at evangelization; named in honor of King Philip II of Spain.
Philippines
The capital of colonial Philippines, which by 1600 had become a flourishing and culturally diverse city; site of violent clashes between Spanish.
Manila
A private trading company chartered by the English around 1600 that mainly focused on India; given a monopoly on Indian Ocean trade, including the right to make war and rule conquered peoples.
British east india company
A private trading company chartered by the Netherlands around 1600, mainly focused on Indonesia; given a monopoly on Indian Ocean trade, including the right to make war and rule conquered peoples
Dutch East India Company
The movement of money from Europe to pay for trade goods in China, as Europe had few desirable trade goods; eventually, the bulk of silver supply made its way to China
Silver Drain
A standard Spanish silver coin used by merchants in North America, Europe, India, Russia, West Africa, and China.
Piece Of Eight
A city that developed high in the Andes at the site of the world’s largest silver mine and became the largest city in the Americas; population of 160,000 in the 1510s.
Potosi
A global industry in which French, British, and Dutch exported fur from North America to Europe, using Native Americans and causing great environmental cost to the Americas; parallel commerce operated in Siberia.
Fur Trade
Nickname for animal furs, highly valued for their warmth and symbols of elite status.
Soft Gold
Took an estimated 12.5 million people from African societies, shipped them across the Atlantic, and deposited 10.1 million in the Americas as slaves; 1.8 million died in crossing.
Transatlantic Slave System
Global spread of African peoples via slave trade
African Diaspora
Free communities of former slaves in remote regions of South America and the Caribbean. Palmares was the largest settlement in Brazil, housing 10,000+ for most of the 17th century.
Maroon Societies
Small number of African women able to exercise power and accumulate wealth through marriage to European traders.
Signares
West African kingdom whose strong kings for a time sharply limited engagement with the slave trade.
Benin
West African kingdom in which the slave trade became a major state-controlled industry.
Dahomey
