the Columbian exchange

Question 1

Trading post Empire

Answer 1

Portugal was an example

- This allowed them to control the Indian ocean trade network

Question 2

how did African states grow?

Answer 2

By selling slaves

Question 3

Japan…what’s going on there??

Answer 3

• Japan closed off itself to European interest
• Dutch and Portugal showed up and started spreading religion (Christianity)
• They didn’t like this and cut themselves off from trade with them
• making them isolated

Question 4

British East India company

Answer 4

• They had great power
• They were a joint stock company,
• They used the conflict between Hindus and Muslims to worm their way into trade

Question 5

SPAIN

Answer 5

• They took over Aztec and Inca’s empires

- Rivalry with Portugal on who will gain control of the Americas (they won)

Question 6

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 6

• A treaty between Portugal and Spain

- Spain got control of the Americas and Portugal got control of Africa

Question 7

How were Europeans able to get into the Indian ocean trade

Answer 7

They (Portugal) showed up with cannons and guns

Question 8

Labor in the Americas

Answer 8

There was forced labor

Question 9

Spain labor:The hacienda system

Answer 9

• Given land to high class people or conquestidors who could get to the Americas
• They employed lower class workers to work on land for low cost
• They could pay off their debt and leave

Question 10

SPAIN LABOR: Encomienda system

Answer 10

System of labor:

• The beneficiary was given control of a certain amount of natives
• The natives would then get access to religion/protection
• In return they would work.

Question 11

Mita System

Answer 11

• Compelled certain people to work on certain projects for a certain amount of time, (Spain got Incas to send people to work to mine silver)

Question 12

Chattel slavery

Answer 12

• People owned other people as property,

- needed Africans because Native workers were dying and escaping

Question 13

Indentured servitude (British)

Answer 13

• People(British) could work for a certain number of years and then go free
• (Didn’t work because then they would actually go free)

Question 14

Change in African culture

Answer 14

• One man would then take multiple wife after African men were being taken (polyginy)
• They created new culture in the Americas

Question 15

Changes in Africa

Answer 15

• Less strong people to work on fields, less military, left them open to invasions

Question 16

Mercantilism

Answer 16

Main economical system: States wealth was measured in gold and silver

• Their main goal was to have more exports than imports(cash crops)
• Colonies exist to serve mother country (material wise)

Question 17

What was formed?

Joint stock company

Answer 17

• Exploration was financed by joint investors (they would then share profits and losses) (example, British Dutch co. who had a shit ton of power), Portugese and Spain were not doing this(money came from king)

Question 18

Commercial revolution

Answer 18

goods were being traded soley for gold and silver

-for example, china traded silk for silver

Question 19

Triangular trade

Answer 19

anybody who had land in the Americas were part of this system of the Atlantic.
- Europe -> Africa -traded manufactured goods like guns,gunpowder,textiles,rum
Africa->Americas - slaves
Americas -> Europe- resources like gold,silver,sugar,coffee,tobacco

Question 20

what rivalries developed?

Answer 20

Between Europe and Muslims to control the Indian ocean trade

Question 21

Culture changed how?

Answer 21

• African states were weakened
• new foods given to africa made pop go up
• erased culture(burned books, language changed)
• new culture developed, syncretism, their belifs blended together, christaniry mized with african beliefs

Question 22

native tongues were lost over time. New languages developed as a blend of different dialects, such as

Answer 22

Creole.