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History chapter14&15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Middle Passage | Voyage slaves took to the Americas (new world). |
| Cartographers | map maker |
| Capitalism | economic system where individuals can make money and have their own buisness |
| Montezuma | Leader of the Aztecs, thought Cortes was a God |
| Maliche | aided Spanish by translating for cortes |
| Vasco da Gama | Sailed southern tip of Africa known as the Cape of Good Hope |
| Manufactured goods | brought from Europe to Africa |
| Inflation | Rise in prices |
| Smallpox | Most deadly disease to natives |
| Slave ships also known as | floating coffins |
| Colombian exchange | Cultural diffusion; vast global exchange between Europe and America of goods and people |
| Christopher Columbus | 1492 conquered west indies and Taino people |
| Raw materials | altered by man to make a finished product. Produced by Caribbean |
| currency | type of money; gold |
| Merchantilism | economy based of trade |
| Barter | to trade |
| Where does "Slave" come from? | "Slav" which is a group of people from Russia, captured during the roman empire |
| Conquistador | spanish conqueror |
| Hernan Cortes | 1519 conquered Mexico/Aztecs |
| Alliances | come together as one to benifit |
| Civil War | How slaves were captured in Africa |
| Ferdinand Magellan | first to circumnavigate |
| Circumnavigate | sail around the world |
| immunity | ability to withstand a disease |
| Francisco Pizzaro | 1532 conquered Incas in Peru |
| cultural diffusion | spreading ideas/goods |
| 3 G's of exploration | Gold: become rich, God: convert non Christians, Glory: fame |
| Spanish advantages over natives | horses, technology, disease |
| Triangular Trade | International trade network which was a triangle-shaped series of trade routes between Americas, Europe, and Central america/south america. |
| Atlantic Slave Trade | part of triangal trade. |
| Why Africans for slave trade in triangle trade route? | Skilled at farming, easy to enslave, lacked self-defense, climate similar to the Americas (hot and humid) |
| Colombian exchanges's results | European domination. Improved their diets, transportation, and life expectancy. Natives got disease |
| Age of exploration: good or bad? | Bad. Columbus, Cortes, Pizarro along with other Spanish conquerors wiped out the Native tribes and villages. |
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