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chapter 16.
"Key Terms and People"
| Question for ch.16,se.1,2,3,4 | Answer |
|---|---|
| caravel | A sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind. |
| Henry the Navigator | Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast. |
| Gama, Vasco da | Portuguese navigate; in 1497-1499, he became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea. |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americans in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator; his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died. |
| circumnavigate | to proceed completely around. |
| Sir Francis Drake | Drake, Sir Francis –English admiral; he rounded the tip South America and explored the west coast. He ended up heading west to return to England, thus becoming the second man to circumnavigate the globe. |
| Henry Hudson | |
| encomienda | |
| Hernán Cortés | |
| conquistador | - |
| Moctezuma II | - |
| Francisco Pizarro | - |
| Atahualpa | - |
| viceroys | |
| Bartolomé de Las Casas | - |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | |
| Columbia exchange | - |
| mercantilism | - |
| balances of trade | - |
| subsidies | - |
| capitalism | - |
| joint-stock companies | |
| plantation | - |
| triangular trade | - |
| middle passage | - |
| Olaudah Equiano | - |
| African diaspora | - |
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