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Age of Exploration
(Willis) Age of Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| his individual inspired Portuguese explorers and sponsored voyages. He established trading posts along the west coast of Africa. Sent expeditions east along the coast of Africa. Lastly, hoped to Christianize the Africans. | Prince Henry "The Navigator" |
| He was the first to round the southern tip of Africa | Bartholomeu Dias |
| This explorer was the first to sail around Africa and then reached India 10 months later. | Vasco de Gama |
| This explorer greatly underestimated the size of the Earth and explored the islands of the Caribbean, which he believed to be the East Indies. | Christopher Columbus |
| This individual set a Line of Demarcation dividing all non-European land between Spain and Portugal in the Treaty of Tordesillas. | Pope Alexander VI |
| The Western Hemisphere was named "America" after this Italian sea captain. | Amerigo Vespucci |
| This explorer and his voyage were the first to circumnavigate the entire globe | Ferdinand Magellan |
| The ______ were the first Europeans to set up small trading posts on the West African coast. | Portuguese |
| This individual converted to Christianity and tried to persuade Portugal to end the slave trade. | Affonso I of Kongo |
| This lasted 300 years and had huge effects on Africa's population. | Transatlantic slave trade |
| Portugal became the first European power to gain a foothold in _____. | Asia |
| This area was known as the Spice Islands | Moluccas |
| The ______ were the first to challenge the Portuguese. | Dutch |
| The Dutch East India Company was fully _______. They could build armies and navies and negotiate treaties. | sovereign |
| This was the first permanent European colony in sub-Saharan Africa | Cape Town |
| These Europeans were the first to reach China in 1514. | Portuguese |
| The Dutch and English traders were able to trade in this Chinese city. | Canton |
| Most of what Europeans knew about China came from this individual. | Matteo Ricci |
| This British diplomat sought greater trading rights in China but his behavior offended the emperor. | Lord Macartney |
| This term means to cut off contact with the outside world. | Isolationist |
| These missionaries converted 300,000 Japanese. | Jesuit |
| This explorer sparked a wave of exploration and conquest that forever changed the world. | Christopher Columbus |
| The Spaniards who came to conquer the New World were known as | Conquistadors |
| The Spanish explorer that planned to conquer the Aztecs. | Hernan Cortes |
| This term refers to the human body's ability to resist certain illnesses. | Immunity |
| Cortes conquered the Aztec capital city called | Tenochtitlan |
| This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca in Peru | Francisco Pizarro |
| This term means to send goods to another country. | Export |
| This system under the Spanish forced the Native Americans to work in mines and on plantations. | Encomienda system |
| This individual was a Spanish priest who condemned the encomienda system. | Bartolome de Las Casas |
| People born in Spain were known as | Peninsulares |
| American-born descendants of Spanish settlers were known as | Creoles |
| Individuals with Native American/European descent or African/European descent were known as | Mestizos and Mulattoes |
| Portugal claimed an empire in | Brazil |
| A series of trade routes linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas was known as | Triangular Trade |
| The second part of the triangular trade route where slaves were transported to the Americas was known as the | Middle Passage |
| This individual was formerly a slave and fought to end the slave trade. | Olaudah Equiano |
| The slave ships were known as | floating coffins |
| The exchange of people, goods, plants, and animals that came after the European voyages. | Columbian Exchange |
| This occurred as a result of the direct links between the continents. | Commercial Revolution |
| This period is defined by the growth of capitalism and privately owned businesses. | Price Revolution |
| This term refers to the increase in prices but the fall of value of money. | Inflation |
| The system in which merchants distribute raw materials to peasants and the peasant processes the raw material into a finished product. | Cottage industry |
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