Age of Exploration, Spanish Armada, Thirty Years War, and Dynasties

What country had a monopoly on the spice trade in Europe before the age of exploration

Italy

Which European nation led the exploration of the African coast

Portugal

What did Vasco de Gama succeed in gaining for Portugal

A trade route to India

The Treaty of Tordesillas established a boundary between which two regions

Spain and the New World and Portugal and the Other half (Africa and some of Asia)

What disease proved devastating to the Native American population in the New World

Smallpox

What country came to dominate the Atlantic Slave trade and later on outlawed it

England

What economic system was based on the accumulation of Wealth (gold and silver) and depended on a favorable balance of trade

Mercantilism

What country became a commercial center during the 1600s and had a fleet of up to 10,000 ships

The Netherlands

What is the economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources for profit?

Capitalism

What events from the Middle ages exposed Europe to spices and luxury goods from Asia and the Middle East

The Crusades

In the eyes of the Europeans one of the advantages of using Africans as slaves was

Cheap labor, used to farm work, immunity to diseases like smallpox and tropical diseases

What created the “need” for slavery in the North and South American colonies

Sugar plantations in the Caribbean and cheap labor

Philip II-Spanish Monarch you need to know (Hapsburgs). Ruler during the Spanish Armada, Seized Portugal, and Defended Catholicism

Peter the Great- Russian Monarch you need to know (Romanovs). Westernized Russia and Modernized the Army, Built Saint Petersburg

Frederick the Great- Prussian Monarch you need to know (Hohenzollerns). Acquired Silesia and made Prussia a European Power.

Ferdinand II- Holy Roman Emperor, caused the 30 years of war by forcing Roman Catholicism on his territories (specifically Bohemia which is modern-day Czechia)

Louis XIV- French King you need to know (Bourbon). Made France a lead power in Europe

Charles I- the English King Offended Puritans and was executed by Cromwell. (Stuart)

Habsburg Dynasty- Spanish and Austrian Monarchs

Bourbons- French Monarchs

Romanovs- Russian Monarchs

Hohenzollerns- Prussian Monarchs

Stuarts- English Monarchs

The 30 years war pretty much ended what types of wars in Europe

Religious Wars

What were the two religious alliances at the start of the Thirty Years War

Catholic League and Protestant Union.

What weapons did the English Employ that did more psychological harm than actual damage

Fireships