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World History
"Age of Exploration" Topic 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Moluccas | A group of islands in eastern Indonesia; center of spice trade in 1500s and 1600s |
| Cartography | The study and practice of map making |
| Prince Henry | Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself. |
| Vasco De Gama | He was the first European to reach India by sea, linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean route |
| Christopher Columbus | Credited with discovering the new world for Spain on his exploration in 1492. He sought to find a quicker rout to the spice Islands but instead encountered a completely new continent |
| Line of Demarcation | Line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non-European world into two zones-one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty that divided the non-European world into two zones; one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies that resulted in the first circumnavigation of the Earth |
| Circumnavigate | To travel completely around the world |
| Plantations | Large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who lived there |
| Dutch East India Company | A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand its trade in Asia |
| Conquistador | Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s |
| Immunity | Natural resistance or protection; often times linked with disease |
| Hernan Cortez | Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire |
| Tenochtitlan | Capital city of the Aztec Empire, on which modern day Mexico City is built |
| Alliances | Formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense |
| Moctezuma | Aztec emperor and king of Tenochtitlan |
| Francisco Pizzaro | |
| Civil War | War fought between two groups of people in the same nation |
| Viceroys | Representative who was appointed to rule one of Spain's colonies or provinces in the new world |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | |
| Triangular Trade | trade routs between Europe, Africa, and the Americas (mainly the West Indies) |
| Middle Passage | The leg of the triangular trade rout on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas. |
| Mutinies | The revolt or up rise of a crew against its captain |
| Columbian Exchange | The global exchange of goods, ideas, plants, and animals that began with Columbus's exploration of the Americas. |
| Mercantilism | Policy that a country wanted to dominate trade so it could increase it's international wealth and power |
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Mr. Peirce
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