European Expansion Flashcards
Countries led way
Spain + Portugal
Columbus land first
Haiti-santo domingue
Magellan
Sail around world circumnavigation
Columbian exchange
Transfer of foods, products
2 hemispheres
Triangular trade
Americas, Europe, + Africa (trade) raw materials, goods, slaves
Slavery
Africa, war captives
Middle passage
Circumnavigate globe
Sir Francis drake
Istanbul
Constantinople renamed this when taken over by ottoman Turks
Taj Mahal
Built by Indian pince for wife in Mughal India
Isaac Newton
Explained planetary orbit through law of gravitation
Peter the great
Russian ruler who attempted to westernize Russia. St Petersburg=power
Mercantilism
County’s power relies on wealth
Johannes Kepler
Planets travel in elliptical oval. Support to heliocentric theory.
Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered Incan empire in Andes mountains
Helicoentric
Sun in center and planets revolved around it
Byzantine empire
In Constantinople taken over by Turks
Asia minors
In Asia occupied by ottoman Turks
Triangle trade
Americas, Europe, and Africa. Americas=sugar, tobacco, corn, potatoes. Africa’s=slaves, ivory, gold. Europe=guns and manufactured goods
Middle passage
Part of triangle trade between Africa and Americas = slaves in ships over Atlantic Ocean to Americas
Islam
Religion unifying force of Ottoman Empire that accepted other religions
Shogun
Military ruler in Japan
Cortez
Spanish conquistador who conquered Aztec empire in modern day Mexico
Corps mucus
Created heliocentric theory (polish)
Prince Henry
Setup school of navigation in Portugal
Jacques Cartier
French explorer who claimed Canada for France “New France”
Galileo
Planetary motion through a telescope
Commercial revolution
European nations competed for over seas markets, colonies, imitated culture and social patterns
