History age of exploration

Absolutism

complete and unrestricted government power, usually in the hands of one person, a dictator

Prince henry the navigator

Prince Henry the Navigator, was a Portuguese prince

Joint stock company

a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.

Plantations

an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.

Creole

a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage.

The divine Right of kings

a political and religious doctrine asserting that a monarch's authority comes directly from God and they are therefore accountable only to God

Christopher columbus

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

mercantilism

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

Trans-Atlantic Slave trade

The transatlantic slave trade was the forced movement of approximately 12 to 15 million Africans from West and Central Africa to the Americas between the 15th and 19th centuries

Chattel Slavery

colonial kind of slavery where enslaved people were the personal property of their owners for life, a source of labor or a commodity that could be willed, traded or sold like livestock or furniture.

Hobbs social contract

a theory proposing that individuals consent to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of an absolute sovereign (a single ruler or assembly) in exchange for the protection of their lives and the maintenance of social order

Treaty of tordesailles

an agreement signed on June 7, 1494, between Spain (specifically the Crowns of Castile and Aragon) and Portugal, which aimed to settle disputes over newly discovered lands outside Europe

Exports

sending goods, services, software, or information from one country to another for sale or use

Middle passage

the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.

Monopoly

one entity has exclusive control over a product, service, or market, eliminating competition

Maritime

connected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.

Vasco de Gama

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime route between Europe and India via the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean

Imports

goods or other property imported or brought into the country from a foreign country.

Columbian exchange

the vast transfer of plants, animals, culture, diseases, technology, and ideas between the American (New World) and Afro-Eurasian (Old World) hemispheres

Small pox

A deadly virus that led to the decline of the population of indigenous peoples.

What are causes of european exploration and expansion

the pursuit of "Gold, God, and Glory". These motivations were enabled by significant technological advancements and fierce competition among European nations.

What are the effects of european exploration and expansion

One effect of european expansion was the depopulation of indigenous people in the americas. This was because of english colonizers bringing in diseases like smallpox and measils.

How and why did the Europeans defeat the aztec and inca empires?

They defeated aztec and incan empires with dieseases like measils and small pox, becuase they didnt have immunity to those diseases and they were new to them.

How did European exploration impact globilization?

The columbian exchange impacted globilization because of bringing new foods and cultures to new places with new trade routes.

What types of things were exchanged on the columbian exchange? What impacts did they have

different foods, animals, commodities and more. They had impacts on different continine

How did mercantilism impact the way that europeans acted and made decisions

It drove them to be more competitive for land, commodities, and for more slaves to work for them.

What role did African kingdoms play in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

There were enslavers in Africa who would take slaves from their area and sell slaves for gold and commodities.

What were the effects of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

The decline and decreased population of African tribes and regions, as well as conflict between tribes and enslavers.