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Chapter 16
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Caravel | a sailing vessel that uses square and triangular sails to help it sail against the wind |
Henry the Navigator | prince of portugal and patron of exploration, he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast |
Vasco da Gama | portuguese navigator, in 1497-1499, he became the first European to sail around africa and india by sea |
Christopher Columbus | italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the americans in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from europe to asia |
Ferdinand Magellan | portuguese navigator his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe though he died on the journey |
Circumnavigate | to proceed completely around |
Sir Francis Drake | english admiral, he rounded the tip of south america and explored the west coast, he ended up heading west to return to england, thus becoming the second man to circumnavigate the globe |
Henry Hudson | english navigator, he sailed for the dutch east indian company and discovered the Hudson River in present day New York |
Encomienda | spanish colonial system in which a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of Native Americans to work the land in exchange for teaching the Native Americans Christianity |
Hernan Cortes | spanish conquistador from 1519 to 1521 he defeated the Aztec empire, conquering mexico for spain |
Conquistador | spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the americans and captured land for spain |
Moctezuma II | Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520, he was emperor of the aztecs when Cortes and his army conquered the empire. He was taken prisoner and killed during battle with the spanish army |
Francisco Pizarro | spanish conquistador, conqueror of peru, founder of lima. From 1530 to 1533 he conquered the inca empire |
Atahulapa | last inca king, he was taken prisoner by pizarro and his army after refusing to accept Christianity and surrender his empire to spanish conquistadors. He was killed by the spanish and his empire was taken over. |
Viceroys | |
Bartolome de Las Casas | |
Treaty of Tordesilla | |
Colombian Exchange | |
Mercantilism | |
Balance of trade | |
Subsidies | |
Capitalism | |
Joint-Stock Companies | |
Plantations | |
Triangular Trade | |
Middle Passage | |
Olaudah Equiano | |
African Diaspora |