Chapter 22: Transoceanic Encounters & Global Connections
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KC-4.1.III
New states-supported transoceanic maritime exploration occurred in this period
different from landed empires
KC-4.1.III.B
Originally Spanish: sponsorship of the voyages of Columbus & others dramatically increased European interest in Transoceanic travel & trade
KC-4.1.III.C
The English, French, & Dutch: began with the main goal of finding alternative sailing routes to Asia
Focused on the Northern Atlantic crossing
KC-4.1.III.A
The Portuguese development of maritime technology & navigational skills led to increased travel to & trade with Africa & Asia & resulted in the construction of a global trading-post empire
KC-4.1.II
Technology from the Classical, Islamic & Asian worlds spread, facilitating European technological developments & innovations
KC-4.1.II.A
New developments & productions in tools, innovation in ship designs, and an improved understanding of regional wind & current patterns made transoceanic travel possible
KC-4.1.III.ii
Arab traders continue to operate both over the land & within the Indian Ocean
KC-4.1.IV.C
Mercantilism policies & practices were used by European rules to expand & control their economies & claim overseas territories.
Joint-Stock companies, influenced by these mercantilist principles were used by rulers & merchants to finance exploration & were used by rulers to compete against one another in global trade
KC-4.3.II.A.iii
These was disruption in the Indian Ocean & SE Asia due to the arrival of the Portuguese, Spanish & Dutch. However, the trade existing trade networks continue to flourish
KC-4.1.V.i
The Columbian Exchange: The new connections between the Eastern and Western hemispheres resulted in the exchange of new plants, animals & diseases
KC-4.1.V.D
Transoceanic trade: Increases overall food supply
Afro-Eurasian population nutritionally benefited from the increased diversity of American foods
KC-4.1.V.C
Fruit trees, grains & sugar shared between the hemispheres impacted all places it went
KC-4.1.V.B
The spread of disease that were endemic in the Eastern Hemisphere