AP World History Unit 4: Transoceanic
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Caravel ✔✔A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish
in the exploration of the Atlantic; used for long voyages
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AP World History Unit 4: Transoceanic
Interconnections Latest 2022
Caravel ✔✔A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish
in the exploration of the Atlantic; used for long voyages at great speed from 15th to 17th centuries;
used for exploration, not trade
Carrack ✔✔a large trading merchant ship operating in European waters (especially by the
Portuguese) in the 14th to the 17th century.
Fluyt ✔✔Dutch sailing vessel that allowed them to control the Baltic trade; designed to facilitate
transoceanic delivery with max space and crew efficiency; used from 16th to 17th centuries
Henry the Navigator ✔✔(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation
and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa; sponsored seafaring
expeditions to search for an all-water route to the east; imported enslaved Africans via the sea
Vasco da Gama ✔✔Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from
Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route for Europeans
Ferdinand Magellan ✔✔Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that
was the first to sail around the world.
trading post empire ✔✔Form of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on
control of subject peoples; practiced by Europeans in the Indian Ocean as they took over trade
from Arab and Muslim merchants
Christopher Columbus ✔✔Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain
while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
Columbian Exchange ✔✔The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the
Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus' voyages.
Mercantilism ✔✔An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and
power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought;
colonies were crucial in the accumulation of wealth
The Great Dying ✔✔Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of Europeanborne epidemic diseases on the Americas.
Chattel Slavery ✔✔Absolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell
that person; the form of slavery utilized in the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Mita System ✔✔economic system in Inca society where people paid taxes with their labor and
what they produced; later exploited by the Spanish as they forced Incas to mine silver
Indentured Servitude ✔✔A worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period
of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were
Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.
Encomienda ✔✔A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to
use Native Americans as laborers on it
Hacienda ✔✔Spanish estates in the Americas that were often plantations. They often represent the
gradual removal of land from peasant ownership and a type of feudalistic order where the owners
of would have agreements of loyalty but would retain control over the actual land. This continued
into the 20th century.
joint-stock company ✔✔A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder
contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and
debts; used by European rulers to finance exploration and were used by rulers to compete against
one another in global trade
Royal chartered monopoly companies ✔✔Groups of private investors who paid an annual fee to
France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to Indian Ocean colonies
Casta Paintings ✔✔Paintings that show the racial mixing of a family. Shows hierarchy of society.
Mestizo ✔✔The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American
and European descent.
Mulatto ✔✔The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed
African and European descent.
Creoles ✔✔Descendants of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social,
political, economic status.
Peninsulares ✔✔Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.
Fronde ✔✔A series of violent uprisings during the early reign of Louis XIV triggered by growing
royal control and increased taxation
Nat Turner's Rebellion ✔✔a slave rebellion led by Nat Turner that took place in Virginia in 1831;
one example of slave resistance challenging existing authorities in the Americas
British East India Company ✔✔A British joint stock company that controlled most of India during
the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India
for more than 200 years.
Dutch East India Company ✔✔Government Dutch-chartered joint-stock company that controlled
the spice trade in the East Indies.
Triangular Trade ✔✔A three way system of trade during 16
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