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World Civ
Age of Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Da Gama reaches the Port of Calicut | 1498 |
| Treaty of Tordasilla is signed | 1494 |
| Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope | 1488 |
| Columbus discovers the West Indies | 1492 |
| Magellan sets out to find a western sea route to Asia | 1519 |
| Large sums of money | Capital |
| Explored the coast of New Foundland | John Cabot |
| Charted the coast line of Central America and termed in the New World | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Set up a permanent settlement of Quebec | Samuel de Champlain |
| The "City of Council" of the Spanish Colonies | Cabildo |
| A device that uses stars to determine direction | Astrolabe |
| Portuguese land owners who enlisted settlers | Donatorio |
| A mapmaker | Cartographer |
| Set up a school in Portugal for Sailors | Henry the Navigator |
| Large estate farmed by workers living on it | Plantation |
| complete circling of the Earth by ship | Circumnavigation |
| Spanish settlers who could demand taxes from the Indians | Encomienda |
| Merchants who expanded commerce by taking financial risks | Capitalist |
| Theory that felt a nation should export more than they import to keep gold in their hands | Merchantilism |
| Gave explorers confidence when searching strange lands | Gunpowder |
| Explored the St. Lawrence River | Jacques Cartier |
| Tells how north or south of the equator one is | Latitude |
| Trading company that sells shares to investors | Joint-Stock |
| Individuals who would invest in a company to make a profit | Entrepenuer |
| lays on the West Coast of Africa | Gold Coast |
| Who was the Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Incas? | Pizzaro |
| What is the Line of Demarcation | Set up by the Pope to end disputes |
| Conquistadors explored the Americas in search of? | Gold |
| Which Dutch wrested control of the spice trade from? | Portuguese |
| Which country encouraged their people to settle in the New World? | England |
| Which nations finance New World exploration? | England, Holland, and France |
| Who was the Spanish Conquistador who defeated the Aztecs? | Cortez |
| Who were the first Europeans to settle in North America? | Spanish |
| Which ways did merchants reduced the risk during the 1500's and 1600's? | Joint-Stock, taking insurance |
| French and English merchants concentrated on developing trade ties with which country? | India |
| Portuguese trade was limited to _________ while the rest of Europe was limited to_______ | Macao; Canton |
| Charting of the Earth's surface was aided by _______ when he traveled through _______ and the work of __________ | Marco Polo; Asia; Arab geographers |
| The compass was invented by the ________ however, ____________ brought it to Europe | Chinese; Arabs |
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