Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
16 key terms
chapter 16 key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Caravel | A small, fast Spanish or Portuguese ship of the 15th–17th centuries. |
| Henry the Navigator | Prince Henry of the Netherlands |
| Vasco da Gama | 1st Count of Vidigueira |
| Christopher Columbis | was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer |
| Ferdinand Magellan | was a Portuguese explorer. |
| Circumnavigate | Sail all the way around (something, esp. the world). |
| Sir Francis Drake | was an English sea captain. |
| Henry Hudson | was an English sea explorer |
| Encomienda | A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitant. |
| Hernan Cortes | 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador |
| Conquistador | A conqueror, esp. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. |
| Moctezuma II | also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, |
| Francisco Pizarro | was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire. |
| Atahualpa | Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa, was the last Sapa Inca or sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu |
| Viceroys | is a regal official who runs a country, colony, or city |
| Bartolome de Las Cases | was a 16th-century Spanish historian |
| Treaty of tordesillas | was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on newly claimed land in the New World. |
| Columbian Exchange | also known as the Grand Exchange |
| Mercantilism | is the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade |
| Balance of Trade | or net exports |
| Subsidies | 1.A sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service |
| Capitalism | An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. |
| Joint-stock Companies | (joint-stock company) a company (usually unincorporated) which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fund; transferable |
| Plantations | An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor. |
| Triangular Trade | is a historical term indicating (trade) among three ports or regions. Triangular trade usually evolves when a region has export |
| Middle Passage | The journey taken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies. |
| Olaudah Equiano | known as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. |
| African Diaspora | article addresses historic emigration from Africa |
Created by:
Luis Sanchez
Popular World History sets