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1 consequence of European voyages of discovery: | Native populations were destroyed and replaces with Europeans. |
1 consequence of European voyages of discovery: | International trade went way up. |
1 consequence of European voyages of discovery: | People around the world were growing new crops and herds, and eating new foods. |
How China affected Western European exploration: | They stopped voyages of Zheng He, looked inward to deal with Mongolians, and didn't think they had anything to learn from the outside world. |
How European kings affected Western European exploration: | They were competitive, wanting to increase their wealth and power over others. |
How The Muslim Ottomans affected Western European exploration: | They blocked the old Silk Road land trade routes to India and the Spice Islands |
Through exploration, Spain ended up with this part of the world: | The Americas - The "New World" |
Through exploration, Portugal ended up with: | The sea route around Africa to India and the Spice Islands. |
He was an Italian who was paid by Spain to find a western route to India. | Christopher Columbus |
Region that Christopher Columbus actually "found": | The West Indies |
The region of the West Indies is: | The lands in and around the Caribbean Sea. |
Effect of European exploration on the Aztecs and Incas: | Most perished due to the Spanish Conquistadors weapons or the diseases that they carried. |
These were Spanish adventurers in search of gold and glory: | Spanish Conquistadors |
What is the main result of continents developing in isolation from others? | They have different animals and plants. |
Some things that originally came from the Americas that the rest of the world did not have: | Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, peanuts, tobacco |
Some things that originally came from Europe, Asia and Africa that the Americas did not have: | Wheat, oats, barley, grapes, rice, sugarcane, horses, sheep, cows. |
Result of Europe getting American crops? | Populations increased. |
Why did European diseases hit Native American populations so hard? | They had no immunity to them. Europeans had lived in highly populated towns and cities and close to domesticated animals for centuries. |
After Venice declined as a major trade city, what became the new trade centers? | Trade cities in Portugal and Spain. |
When multiple investors pool their money together to fund a voyage to another place to make money: | Joint Stock Company |
Main advantage of joint stock company? | Less risk - an investor an only lose what they put in. Kind of like today's stock market. |
This is the economic system where people are free to own money and things and to choose what to do with them. | Capitalism |
Capitalism's big idea: | People are free to get rich or be poor. Inequality is a natural result. |