Unit 3 Flashcards
Where is Cape Coast Castle located?
Ghana
What was another name given to the Cape Coast Castle?
The gate of no return
Forms of commerce significant between 1450 and 1750
1 Europe joined spice trade
2 Silver went from Spanish mines to China
3 Furs from North America/ Siberia got to Europe
Where did the spice trade take place?
Indian Ocean
Commerce and Empires…
Were the twin drivers of globalization
Europes Empires in the new world were an accident thanks to
Christopher Columbus
Examples of Asian spices
Cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper
Main Chinese product
Silk
Main product in India
Cotton
European population in 15 century recovering from
The Black Death
Chinese gunpowder created during…
Song Dynasty
Christian monarch
Prester John
Asian spices were bought with…
Gold and silver
Order in which they got to Asia
1 Portugal (Vasco da Gamma) 2 Spanish 3 French 4 Dutch 5 British
In what year was the fall of Constantinople
1452/3
Portuguese created “trading post Empire”
Control of commerce, not huge populations and using force instead of economic competition.
Spains first move to catch up Portugal
The Philippine Islands (King Philip II)
Who discovered the Philippine Islands?
Ferdinand Magellan (Spanish)