AP European History - New Rivals on the World Stage & Expansion

Vocabulary practice flashcards focusing on the transatlantic slave trade and European rivalry in Southeast Asia.

Description of a Slave Ship

A historical diagram depicting the cramped and crowded conditions under which enslaved Africans were held during transport across the Atlantic Ocean.

Triangular Trade

A complex transatlantic trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas, involving the exchange of goods like European manufactured goods, enslaved Africans, and American products such as sugar, coffee, tobacco, and silver.

Gore, Senegal Negotiation

An eighteenth-century commercial exchange in West Africa where Western slave merchants negotiated directly with local African leaders to purchase slaves.

Middle Passage

The arduous ocean journey taken by enslaved Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries, characterized by extremely high mortality rates.

African Middlemen

Local leaders and merchants in West Africa who played an active role in capturing prisoners of war and conducting trade agreements with European slave traders.

Depopulation of African Kingdoms

A severe demographic consequence of the transatlantic slave trade, during which up to 10 million enslaved Africans were removed from Africa between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Spice Islands (Moluccas)

An island chain in Southeast Asia that was a principal focus of European colonial and commercial rivalry due to its valuable spice production.

Mainland Kingdoms of Southeast Asia

Strong sovereign states in Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, and Vietnam that successfully resisted total European dominance during early expansion.

Batavia

A port city built on the northern coast of Java in 1619 that served as the headquarters for Dutch consolidation of economic, political, and military control in Southeast Asia.