The age of exploration shifted European trade to this location?
The Atlantic Seaboard
What countries benefitted most from this?
Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands
What states suffered from this transition?
Italy and states on the Mediterranean
What were the motivations for explorers?
Gold, glory, & god
Why would monarchs sponsor these voyages?
To gain riches and spread Christianity
This Jesuit missionary spread Catholicism to many new regions?
Xavier
Some rulers used religion as justification for what?
Coercion of the indigenous people
Seeking glory represented this Renaissance ideal?
Individualism
This man established sailing schools for Portugal?
Prince Henry the Navigator
Where did Portugal venture first?
The West Coast of Africa
This Portuguese explorer discovered that Africa could be sailed around?
Dias
This Portuguese explorer was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach India?
Vasco de Gama
This line of demarcation split the "New World" between the Spanish & Portuguese?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What new technologies made trans-oceanic navigation possible?
Compass, astrolabe
These instruments of war helped the Spanish subdue the Native American empires?
Guns and horses
What were Spanish conquerors called?
Conquistadors
This man conquered this powerful empire in Mexico?
Cortez
This man conquered this powerful empire in Peru?
Pizzaro
What was responsible for most of the deaths of the indigenous populations?
Small pox
This explorer led the first voyage around the world?
Magellan
These three countries quickly caught up to the Spanish & Portuguese?
England, France, & the Dutch
The development of this labor-intensive crop expanded the slave trade?
Sugar cane
The voyage of the slave trade between the Americas and Africa was known as?
Middle Voyage
This new class of Europeans developed off of the new colonial plantations?
Planter society
This type of trade developed bringing raw materials to Europe, slaves to the new world, and finished goods back to both?
Triangular trade
This was the name given for trade between the New World & Europe?
Columbian Exchange
What were some goods introduced into the New World from the Europe?
Horses, guns, disease
What were some goods introduced from the New World to Europe?
Tobacco, potatoes, tomatoes
What were some of the impacts of the Age of Exploration?
Increased competition between dynasties, a global economy
What is the concept behind mercantilism?
Export more than import
Mercantilism would eventually lead to?
Capitalism