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a sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind. caravel
the son of king John I of Portugal. Henry the Navigator
set out for India in 1497. Vasco da Gama
believed that he could sail west around the world from Spain to China. Christopher Columbus
decided to sail west around the world. Ferdinand Magellan
to proceed completely around. circumnavigate
to round the tip of south America and explore its west coast. Sir Francis Drake
in 1607 Hudson set out to the north hoping to find a northeast around Europe. Henry Hudson
Spanish colonial system in which a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of Native Americans. encomienda
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 and captured land for Spain. conquistador
at the time of the Spanish arrival in Mexico the Aztec emperor was. Moctezuma II
led an expedition to Peru. Francisco Pizarro
had only just taken control of the empire when the Spanish arrived. Atahualpa
officials who ruled Spain's American empire Viceroys
the most vocal of these reformer was a priest named 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 disease between the Americas and Europe, Asia,and African beginning with the voyages of Columbus Colombian Exchange
an economic system used from about the 1500s to the 1700s that held that a nation's power was directly related to its wealth. mercantilism
the difference in valor between whats 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 droups of people who jointly make an investment and and share in the profits and losses joint-stock companies
large farms that usually specialized in the growing of one type of crops for a profit plantations
trading network lasting from the 1600s the the 1800s that carried goods and enslaved people. triangular trade
the named for voyages that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to north America and west Indies Middle Passage
slaves. Olaudah Equiano
political organization in south Africa African Diaspora
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