Age of Exploration to Globalization

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the age of exploration through globalization.

Astrolabe

A navigational instrument used to determine latitude.

Caravel, Carrack, Galleon, Fluyt

Fast, maneuverable ships important in the Age of Exploration.

Columbian Exchange

The transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, and diseases between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Atlantic System

Movement of goods, wealth, and labor between Eastern & Western Europe.

Encomienda System

A labor system used by the Spanish that exploited indigenous populations.

Casta System

A social hierarchy in the Spanish colonies.

Henry the Navigator

Portuguese explorer and navigator.

Potosi

City in Bolivia where silver was mined, leading to wealth for the Spanish.

Joint-stock company

A business where investors pool money for trading voyages.

Mehmed II

Conquered Constantinople and ended the Byzantine Empire.

Safavid Empire

Muslim empire in Persia known for burning mosques.

Mughal Empire

Empire that used gunpowder to consolidate rule in India.

Enlightenment

Resulted from understanding and spread of knowledge (John Locke, Issac Newton, Voltaire).

Industrial Revolution

Began in England due to waterways, mining, private property, and agriculture.

Agricultural Revolution

Techniques that created more food.

Imperialism

Materials, Markets, God, Glory.

Nationalism

Belief that a nation should be equal.

Liberalism

Belief in rights.

World War I Causes

Alliance, Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism.

Great Depression

Economic downfall in America in 1929.

New Deal

Created to get people back to work during the Great Depression.

WWII Germany

Attack Britain and then Russia.

WWII - Vietnam

Attacks Asia and then US at Pearl Harbor.

NATO

US alliance against the Soviet Union.

Decolonization

Independent Movements like Gandhi (India) Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana, Africa).

Globalization

Technological Advances - Radio, Telephone, Internet.

Green Revolution

Norman Borlaug makes wheat produce faster to stabilize poor communities.