World Civ Unit 2 Vocab

Device used for navigation, determining latitude, and studying the position of the stars and planets.

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Abacus

• Triangle Trade

Navigational tool that uses magnets to determine which direction is north.

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Abacus

• Triangle Trade

Highly contagious disease, spread from European explorers to Native Americans.

• Black Plague

• Chicken Pox

• Smallpox

• Anthrax

The spread of new plants, animals, technology, and ideas between the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (the Americas)

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangle Trade

• Middle Passage

• Mercantilism

Trade pattern also known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangle Trade

• Push Factors

• Pull Factors

Italian explorer credited with four voyages across the Atlantic, opening the way for widespread European exploration. His first voyage was in 1492.

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer credited with the first maritime expedition from Europe to India in 1498.

• Vasco da Gama

• Francisco Pizarro

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Christopher Columbus

The middle leg of the transatlantic slave trade network.

• Triangle Trade

• Middle Passage

• Final Leg

• Cash Crop Passage

Grown primarily for sale and profit, rather than personal consumption.

• Market crops

• Fund crops

• Cash Crops

• Columbian Crops

conditions or circumstances in a person's home country that compel or force them to leave or emigrate.

• Pull Factors

• Pull concerns

• Push Factors

• Push concerns