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Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Treaty of Tordesilla | 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain that divided their New World land claims. |
| Dutch East India Company | company established to direct trade in Asia. could mint money, make treaties, and even raise an army. |
| Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644. |
| Qing Dynasty | dynasty begun by the Manchus. ruled China for more than 260 years. |
| Manchus | invaders from north of China who invaded and caused the Ming Dynasty to collapse. |
| Colony | lands controlled by another nation. |
| Mestizo | mixed Spanish and Native American population |
| Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| Encomienda | forced Native American labor by the Spanish |
| Pilgrims | English colonizers who established English colony of Plymouth in 1620 after leaving England for being persecuted for their beliefs. |
| Puritans | English group seeking religious freedom from England’s Anglican church. sought to build model Christian community in the Americas. |
| New Netherlands | Dutch land holdings established in 1621 in North America meant to be a colony for fur trading. |
| Jamestown | colony established by the British in 1607. named after King James. |
| New France | colony established by French traders in North America in 1608. |
| Alantic Slave Trade | the buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas. |
| Triangle Trade | trade network by which African slaves were captured and traded/sold for goods in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. |
| Middle Passage | the voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas. |
| Columbian Exchange | the global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas. |
| Capitalism | economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit. |
| Mercantilism | theory that held that a company’s power depended on its wealth. |
| Joint-Stock Company | worked like a corporation with investors buying shares of stock of a company. |