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Chapter 16 Vocab . !

Key Terms & People

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a sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind? Caravel
He is the son of King John I of Portugal, he was also a patron and supporter of those who wished to explore. Henry the Navigator
an Portugal explorer, who set out for India in 1497. Vasco da Gama
In 1492 the Spanish rulers, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, agreed to pay for a voyage by Italian sailor? Christopher Columbus
an daring adventurer who decided to sail west around the World? Ferdinand Magellen
to proceed quickly around? Circumnavigate
the English Queen had sent him to round the tip of South America and explore its west coast? Sir Francis Drake
A Dutch-born Sailor? Henry Hudson
Spanish Colonial System in which a colonist was given a certain amount of Land and a number of Native Americans Christianity? Encomienda
who led an expedition to Mexico that ended with the conquest of the Aztec Empire? Hernan Cortes
A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain? Conquistador
was the Aztec Emperor at the time of the Spanish arrival in Mexico? Moctezuma II
a conquistador who led an expedition to Peru? Francisco Pizarro
a new ruler who had only just taken control of the Empire when the Spanish arrived? Atahualpa
officials who ruler Spain's American Empire Viceroys
a priest who was most vocal of reformers? Bartolome De Las Casas
the agreement between Spain and Portugal that created an imaginary north-south line dividing their territory in the Americas? Treaty of Tordesillas
the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa beginning with the voyages of Columbus? Columbian Exchange
an economic system used from about the 1500s to the 1700s that held that a nation's power was directly related to it's 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 an investment and share in the profits and losses? Joint-stock Companies
large forms that usually specialized in the growing of one type of crop for a profit? Plantations
trading network lasting form the 1600s to the 1800s that carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa? Triangular Trade
the name for voyages that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North American and the West Indies. Middle Passage
he was an African who later wrote about Middle Passage Horrific conditions. Olaudah Equiano
the dispersal of of African descent throughout the Americas and Western Europe due the slave trade. African Diaspora
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