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a sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind caravel
prince of portugal and patron of exploration ; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast Henry the navigator
another Portuguese explorer vasco DA Gama
Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a Western sea route from Europe to Asia Christopher Columbus
a daring adventurer that decided to sail west around the world Ferdinand Magellan
to proceed completely around circumnavigate
the english queen sent him to round the trip of south America and explore its west coast sir Francis drake
dutch born sailor, who discovered the Hudson river Henry Hudson
a spanish colonial system in which a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of native Americans to work the land in exchange for teaching the native Americans Christianity encomienda
Spanish con conquistador; from 1519 to 1521, he defeated the Aztecs empire hernan Cortes
a Spanish solider and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land in Spain conquistador
Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520 Montezuma 11
a conquistador Francisco Pizarro
last Inca king; Atahualpa
officials who ruled Spain's American empire viceroys
a priest bartolome DE las casas
the argument between Spain and Portuguese treaty of tordesilas
the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa beginning with the voyages of Columbus Colombian exchange
an economic system used from about the 1500s to the 1700s the held that a nations power was directly related to its wealth mercantilism
the difference in value between what a nation imports and exports over a period of time balance of trade
grants of money subsidies
economic system in which most businesses are privately owned capitalism
businesses formed by groups of people who jointly make and investment and share in the profits and losses joint-stock companies
large farms t usually specialized in the growing of in type of crop for a profit plantations
the name for voyages that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean to north America and the west indies middle passage
olaudah equiano
african diaspora
triangular trade
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