Unit 3: AP World

Motivations of Europe

-wanted access to Asian markets and luxury products

-wanted to avoid Muslim intermediaries 

-competition between European states 

-brining new lands into Christendom 

Advantages of Europe

-growing European commercialization

-geography 

-state sponsorship and joint stock companies 

Innovations from Asian world Europe relied on

-lateen sail

-astrolabe

-compass

-astronomical charts

-current/wind tracking

Innovation in ship building and navigation by Europeans 

-caravel (small, fast, ship)

-carrack (European sailing vessel)

-fluyt (Dutch sailing vessel)

Hernan Cortez

Lead the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, formed strategic alliances with indigenous groups

Vasco de Gama

Lead Portugal’s exploration down the Africa coast band reached india

Conquistadors

The Great Dying 

The

The Great Dying’s impact indigenous population

Little ice age

General crisis 

Columbian exchange

Impact of the columbian exchange on the Americas

Impact of the columbian exchange on Afro-Eurasia 

Important crops and plants of columbian exchange and their origins

Important animals of columbian exchange and their origins 

Important diseases of the columbian exchange and their origin