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What is Humanism?
Emphasis on human potential and achievement.
What is Secularism?
A move away from solely religious focus.
What is Individualism?
Celebrating individual accomplishments.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
What is Triangular Trade?
European goods exchanged for slaves in Africa, who were then transported to the Americas to produce raw materials sent back to Europe.
What is Mercantilism?
An economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What is Capitalism?
An economic system where private individuals and companies own the means of production, driven by profit.
Define Renaissance.
A period of renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman art, literature, and philosophy.
Define Age of Discovery.
A period of intense European exploration and colonization of new lands.
What is meant by 'Old World' in the context of the Columbian Exchange?
Europe, Africa, and Asia.
What were the causes and effects of the Renaissance?
Causes: Renewed interest in classical learning. Effects: Shift in values, social changes, economic growth, and technological advancements.
What were the causes and effects of the Age of Discovery?
Causes: Technological advancements, economic motives, political ambition, and religious zeal. Effects: European overseas expansion, increased global interaction, and the Columbian Exchange.
What were the causes and effects of the Columbian Exchange?
Causes: Exploration and colonization. Effects: Economic transformation, devastation of indigenous populations, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
What were the causes of the devastation of indigenous populations?
Disease and displacement.
What were the effects of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Forced migration and dehumanization of Africans.
What were the causes and effects of increased global interaction?
Cause: European exploration. Effect: Columbian Exchange.
What were the causes and effects of the development of a global commercial economy?
Cause: Columbian Exchange. Effect: Increased wealth for European powers and exploitation of resources in colonies.
What were the causes and effects of European missionary work?
Cause: Religious zeal. Effect: Attempted conversion of indigenous populations.
What were the causes and effects of Technological advancements in Europe?
Cause: Renaissance spirit of inquiry. Effect: Enabled exploration and colonization.
What were the causes and effects of Mercantilism?
Cause: Desire for national wealth. Effect: Colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What was the impact of the Renaissance?
Social changes challenging traditional structures, economic growth, and technological advancements.
What were the driving forces of the Age of Discovery?
Technological advancements, economic motives, political ambition, and religious zeal.
What was the impact of European overseas expansion?
Creation of vast colonial empires, increased global interaction, and the Columbian Exchange.
What were the key elements of the Columbian Exchange?
Triangular Trade, Mercantilism, and Capitalism.
What was the impact of the Columbian Exchange?
Development of a global commercial economy, increased wealth for European powers, and exploitation of resources and labor in colonies.
What were the social and ethical implications of the Columbian Exchange?
Devastation of indigenous populations and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Describe the devastation of indigenous populations.
Disease and displacement.
Describe the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Forced migration and dehumanization of Africans.
What was the role of religious motives during the Age of Exploration?
Missionary work and justification for conquest.
What were the results of Renaissance ideas?
Fueled the desire to explore new lands.