Exploration Test Flashcards
Portugal and slavery
1st country to lead the way, prince Henry is from here
Mercantilism
The economic theory driving exploration
Principles of mercantilism
- wealth is measured by gold and silver
- fixed amount of wealth in the world
- a nation needs its own raw materials to survive
- colonies exist to make other countries profitable
- colonies shouldn’t trade with other countries
- bullionism
- self sufficient
- favorable balance of trade
treaty of tordesillas
Imaginary line (left side for Spain, right side for Portugal)
Pope favors Spain because it’s a larger country with more Catholics
Imaginary line impacts our world today by language (Brazil speaks Portuguese and most of the Caribbean speaks Spanish) and Religion (Most are Catholic)
significance of Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese, English and exploration
ASK WALTERBACH
Favorable balance of trade
Import and export
Country wants to do more exporting (getting money)
Importing money means spending money
Bullionism
Get gold
England was one of the few countries to achieve all 8 points
Middle Passage
Slaves going across the Atlantic ocean
Europe to the New World
Diseases: Smallpox, measles, bubonic plague, influenza, typhus
Plants: Wheat, sugar, rice, coffee
Animals: Horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chicken
New World to Europe
Diseases: Syphilis
Plants: Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, pineapple, tobacco, beans, vanilla, chocolate
Animals: Turkeys
Gold and silver
Triangle Trade
Getting the slaves/africans
The slaves going to the Americas
Slaves making products
Prince Henry
He founded a navigation school for mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, scientists, and sea captains
Caravel and other new inventions
the caravel (can now sail against the wind), compass, and astrolabe could calculate latitude and how far north and south of the equator the ship was
This all improves maps (can sell them
East Indies
Make money
Make treaties with Asian countries
Raise their own armies
3 G’s for exploration
god, glory, gold
