Chapter 16 Notes

Chapter 16 Notes #1-15The Age of ExplorationPage 4461. Why did people explore the world in the 15th century?SpicesReligionCuriosity 2. What advances in technology helped sailors at sea?AstrolabeCompassAccurate MapsCaravel Ships3. How did Henry the Navigator contribute to exploration?Built ObservatoryNavigation SchoolSponsored Voyages4. Which explorer found a sea route to Asia?Vasco de Gama5. Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate (go all the way around) the world?Ferdinand Magellan6. What empires did Cortes and Pizarro conquer? Aztec and Inca7. What were the effects of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?Saved England from invasionSpain no longer ruled the seasEngland gained powerExplorerDiscoveryVasco da GamaChristopher ColumbusFerdinand MagellanSea route to AsiaAmericasRoute around the world8. What was the Columbian Exchange?Exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between America and Europe9. What cultural changes did Europeans bring to places they conquered?Religion LanguageTechnology10. Who was forced to work plantations?American IndiansAfrican SlavesEffects of ExplorationOld World and New World plants and animals are exchanged.European languages and Christianity are spread.European technologies are spread.Plantation economies develop based on forced labor and slavery.11. What is mercantilism? Government controls all economic activity12. What was the Cottage Industry?Family members worked in their homes to make part of a product13. What was the triangular trade?Trade of products and slaves between Europe, Africa, and America14. Increased trade created a need for what?Banks15. What is capitalism?Individuals and private businesses run economy and industries