Unit 1 Age of exploration and Rivals + Slave Trade

Cartography

The art and science of map making.

Caravel

A type of ship that was highly maneuverable and used during the Age of Exploration.

Mercantilism

Economic theory emphasizing a favorable balance of trade through more exports than imports.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Agreement dividing the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain.

Encomienda System

Economic system where enslaved indigenous people received religious teachings in exchange for labor.

Middle Passage

The brutal journey of African slaves from Africa to the Americas in harsh conditions.

Triangle Trade

System of trade involving the exchange of goods, slaves, and resources between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

Motivation for exploration

Desire for raw materials, free labor for plantations, markets for trade, luxury items, spread religion (jesuits), fund wars

Columbian Exchange:

The discovery of the New world that propelled trade of goods, diseases, slaves, culture, and religion