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Age of Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prince Henry | sponsored exploration |
| Columbus | wanted to reach the east indies by sailing west- underestimated earths size and discovered the americas |
| Moctezuma | aztec emperor |
| Atahulpa | inca ruler |
| mulatto | african and eruopean descent |
| treaty of paris | ended the seven years war and resulted in the british dominance of the americas |
| price revolution | when inflation rose rapidly |
| treaty of tordesillas | treaty signed between spain and portigual whichdivided the non-euroupean world between them |
| conquistidaors | spanish explorers who claimed lands in the americas for spain |
| pizarro | conqured incas |
| Encomendia | spanish goverement gives the right to american colonists to demand free labor from the native americans |
| new france | french possesions in the present day canada |
| triangular trade | colonial trade routes among eroupe and its colonies, the west indies, and africa where goods, ideas, people, and disease were exchanged |
| capitolisim | means of production are privately owned and opperated for profit |
| magellan | circumnavigated the globe |
| cortes | conqured aztecs, didnt have permission to leave spain, but left anyways |
| peninsularies | spainards born in spain |
| pilgrims | english protestants who rejected the church of england |
| middle passage | leg of the triangular trade where slaves were transported from africa to the americas |
| mercantalisim | where a nations wealth is measured by gold and silver- must export more than you import |
| cape town | first colony in south africa |
| tenochtitlan | capitol city of the aztec empire |
| mestizo | native american and European parents |
| french and Indian war | between britian and france in the americas(part of 7 years war) |
| Colombian exchange | global exchange of goods, ideas, plannts, animals, disease, people |
| list and explain the 5 motivations for european exploration | 1- gold and silver needed to fund wars for power 2-spread Christianity 3- expand knowledge 4- larger empires- land = power 5-trade routes to asia and the spice islands for salt to preserve meat. muslims are in control of trade routes |
| what was prince Henry's role in the age of exploration | sponsored portuguse explorers- results in Portugal initially leading the A. of E. |
| describe Dias, De gama, coloumbus, and Magelan's explorations | Dias- Africa- Cape of good hope De Gama-finds a diff route to india!- one of their goals coloumbus reached east by sailing west(americas) magellan- first to circumnavigate |
| describe how portigual gained footholds in africa and the effect of portugese contact in africa | set up trading forts along coast. when native poopulation declines they need slaves forming the slave trade |
| describe the relationship between the natives and coloumbus | he was the first to encounter the tainos who were giving and hepful. coloumbus was cruel and abusive to them w/o the tainos help who knows what would have happened to coloumbus |
| What were advantages and disadvantages the conquistadors had? | A.- guns, Disease, horses D.- outnumbered |
| describe cortez's conquer of the aztecs | cortez goes into tenotician w/ help from the natives and moctezuma welcomes him. moctezuma wont convert and he throws a bible in cortezs face so cortez attacks. mexico city is created |
| describe pizarros conquer of the incas | the inca empire is weak bc of a civil war. bc atalupaha dosent convert pizarro caputures and kills ataualpha and kills thousands of incas. pizarro overran them with superior weapons and disease |
| short and long term effects of the conquistadors | S.- tens of thousands of natives die -millions of natives are conqured L.-new culture emerges -world becomes more connected |
| how did spain rule their colonies? how were they made profitable? | gave land to appointed viceroys and encomindia is enforced. for profit the natives work forcefully for free and sent back to eroupe to trade for money |
| describe colonial social structure | 1.-pennsularies- born in spain 2.- creoles- born in americas with spanish born parents 3- mestizos/ malattoes- one european parent and one african or native parent 4-natives 5- slaves |
| describe triangular trade | eroupe sends guns and money to africa africa sends slaves, gold to americas americas send raw materials to eroupe to be sold for profit |
| describe the conditions of the middle passage | slaves overcrowded, no respect for their lives, whipped, DISEASE, chained, no space |
| effects of slave trade | europe became wealthiest african socieity torn apart |
| describe coloumbian exchange and some effects | vast exchange of plants, animals, culture, DISEASE, people increase in population(bc of corn + potatoes- more food means more people) mass migration some decrease in population(disease on natives) |
| describe commercial revolution | inflation capitalism new busnisses practices |
| describe mercantalisim | a nations wealth measured by gold- must export more than you import |
| inflation | rise of prices linked to increase in amt of money available |
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