| A | B |
|---|
| Islam | this religion had the most impact on Africa |
| Dutch | pushed the Portuguese out of the spice trade |
| sultan | an Islamic leader |
| Confucius | his teachings were the basis of Vietnamese emperor's rule |
| superior sailing skills | helped the Portuguese succeed in their explorations |
| balance of trade | the difference in value between what a nation imports and exports over time |
| Marco Polo | traveled to China and wrote about it |
| God gold glory | three motivations for exploratiion |
| compass | one of the three technological achievements that made European exploration possible |
| astrolabe | one of the three technological achievements that made European exploration possible |
| caravels | one of the three technological achievements that made European exploration possible |
| Muslims | controlled the spice trade before the Portuguese |
| October 12 | day Columbus reached the Americas |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | set the line of demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese in the New World |
| mercantilism | a nation's prosperity needs a large supply of gold and silver, export more than it imports, grant subsidies and tariffs |
| domestic workers | what most slaves in the 15th century were used for |
| sugarcane plantations | increased the demand for slaves in the 16th century |
| Buddhism | religion that spread over mainland Southeast Asia |
| Christianity | inspired Ferdinand and Isabella to sponsor Columbus's journey |
| colony | a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country |
| Columbian Exchange | exchange of plants and animals between Old and New Worlds |
| Conquistadors | Spanish conquerors of the Americas |
| encomienda | the right of the Spanish to use natives as labor |
| Middle Passage | the journey of African slaves to the Americas |
| political entities | mainland Southeast Asia states defined themselves as this and could resist the Europeans |
| subsidy | a payment to a new industry |
| tariff | tax on foreign goods |
| Vietnamese Emperor | authorities wanted to protect his power and prevented French missionaries from staying |
| disease immunities | if Africans had this, they might have survived arriving in the Americas |
| loss of young and strong | most significant impact of slave trade on Africa |
