Age of Exploration 3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What places made up the Old World?
Europe, Asia, and Africa
What makes up the New World?
Central, South, and North America
What is the columbian exchange?
an exchange between old and new world of goods, animals, plants, culture, etc.
Central and south america had what materials and gave what to europe?
Corn potatoes
What goods were brought to the new world?
Horses, cattle, and wheat
What wiped out lots of population?
Diseases.
What is the encomienda System?
When people would enslave indigenous because they arent chirstian.
Conquistadors?
Spanish congurers who used indigenous and became lords of new world.
How would they force labor on people?
Mining, agriculture, and servants.
What were the 3 motivating factors of the conquistadors?
- God
- Glory
- Gold
What happened during phase 1 of the atlantic slave trade?
Africans hunted africans for guns and goods.
What happened during Phase 2 of atlantic slave trade?
Transport of african slaves ffrom africa to the americas.
what is the triangle trade network?
Three legged trade between Europe, Africa, and Americas.
Who was the 1st leg between?
Europe to Africas
What is the 2nd leg?
Middle pasage
Who is the 3rd leg between?
Americas to Europe.
What did the 1st leg trade?
Guns, cloth, and goods
What does the 2nd leg trade?
Slaves
What does the 3rd leg trade?
Sugar, tobacco, and raw materials
What is a layered society?
A spanish colonel society made of distinct social classes based on race.
Who is at the top of the layered society?
Peninsulares
Who is second in the layered society?
Creoles
Who is 3rd in the layered society?
Mestizos.
Who is 4th in the layered society?
Mulattos.
