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Age of Exploration
Question | Answer |
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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. |