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Chapter 13 - Age of
Chapter 13 - Age of Exploration - Expansion - Americas, Portugal, Spain, England
Question | Answer |
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conquered Constantinople | Ottoman Turks |
reasons for expansion | god, glory, and gold |
founded the indian spic trade for the Portuguese | Vasco da Gama |
imaginary line that splits territories | line of demarcation |
the agreement made between Spain and Portugal to make a line of demarcation | Treaty of Tortesillas |
Americas are named after him | Amerigo Vespucci |
found Hispaniola while looking for a Western sea route to Asia | Christopher Columbus |
Venetian (European) man that explored the New England Coastline | John Cabot |
Spanish conquerors of Americas | conquistadors |
conquered the Aztecs | Hernan Cortes |
conquered the Incas | Francisco Pizarro |
the right to use natives as slaves | ecomienda |
wide exchange of plants and animals between the Europe and the Americas | Columbian Exchange |
captured New Netherlands (New York) in the 17th Centruy | Britain |
number of imports vs number of exports | balance of trade |
economic success based on having a good balance of trades and having a lot of bullion | mercantilism |
gold and silver | bullion |
changed the demand for slaves | sugar cane and cotton |
pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas | Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (Triangular Trade) |