The New World Flashcards
What Italian explorer went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered America?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be what?
Very profitable, since he returned with spices and made a profit of several thousand percent.
What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
Mercantilism
Why were African Slaves originally brought to the Americas?
To supply labor in sugarcane plantations.
What did the Europeans call the Moluccas?
The Spice Islands.
What religion became dominant on the southeast Asian mainland from 1500 to 1800?
Buddhism
How did the Dutch try to dominate the clove grade?
Limiting cultivation of the crop to 1 island & forcing others to stop growing it.
What did the Portuguese explorers call the southern coast of west Africa?
The Gold Coast
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 establish?
A line of demarcation between territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain.
Which explorer explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England?
John Cabot
According to mercantilists, what did the prosperity of a nation depend upon.
A large supply of gold and silver
What was the name of the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas?
The middle passage
Why were the European rulers and merchants determined to gain control of the Islands of Southeast Asia?
Because this past tried there was enormously profitable
What is the difference in value between what a nation imports and exports over time called?
Balance of trade
What were the chief motives (3 G’s) for European expansion into the new world?
God, gold, and, glory.
