Midterm Review: Age of Exploration
Midterm review: Age of Exploration topics for World History 2.
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- Why are new colonies referred to as "New Spain" and "New France"?
- Because colonists from Spain and France wanted to honor their homelands.
- Trans-Saharan trade route
- Important trade route which crossed the Sahara Desert in Africa.
- self-sufficient
- Able to provide for all of your needs (such as crops and manufactured goods). Opposite of "dependent."
- Who was more isolated: China or Japan?
- Japan was more isolated because it is an island.
- Columbian Exchange
- The global exchange (transfer) of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred as a result of the European colonization of the Americas. For example, the Europeans brought oranges and honey bees to the Americas and returned to Europe with corn and potatoes.
- What products did China trade/invent?
- silk, porcelain (ceramics), paper, and the compass
- Hernando Cortes
- Conquered the Aztec Empire.
- India's maritime trade included these products.
- textiles and its numeral system
- Middle Passage
- The middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought African slaves to the Americas.
- What are the 3 G's?
- Gold, Glory, and God (three reasons for exploration of the Americas)
- Which European country was first to explore?
- Portugal
- Compass, clock, and astrolabe
- Three technological advancements that exploration easier or possible.
- joint-stock companies
- Business in which investors pool their money for a common purpose and then share in the profits.
- Prince Henry (The Navigator)
- He created the navigation school in Portugal.
- Silk Road
- The ancient trade route that connected Asia with the Mediterranean basin