Unit 4 transoceanic interactions Flashcards
What were some technological innovations
cartography/mapmaking
astronomical chart
Christopher Columbus
discovered the new world
due to competition for a new sea route to india
Europe linked
afro-eurasia and the americas
led to the development of europe as a maritime empire
Portugal could only
expand overseas due to spain
began importing slaves by sea
Vasco Da Gama
landed in India therefore expanding portugals trade into the indian ocean
How did portugal control trade
series of forts
it was based on small outposts
Spanish were credited with what
first to circumnavigate the globe in their ships
Why did european empires almost stop exploration
failed to find gold and silver
Exploration was rekindled when what
Spanish came into contact with the Aztecs and the Inca
French Exploration
Jacques Cartier and Samuel De Champlain sailed into the St. Lawrence river and Quebec was established as a french trading post
English Exploration
John Cabot sent by england to the americas to look for the northwest passage
claimed lands in newfoundland and then virginia was established
The first diseases
Spanish conquistadors brought smallpox influenza measles and malaria
Biggest exchange in animal is
horses from Europe to the new world
While spain focused on—— portuguese focused on ————- in——-
silver
surgarcane
brazil
Since disease wiped out the indigenous population…
the need for labors increased thus began mass slavery from the african west coasts
Most slaves were imported to
brazil and the caribbean