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Exploration

The Age of Exploration and Discovery

TermDefinition
Indigenous people Native people of an area
Cartographer Map maker
Christopher Columbus Explorer from Italy but sailed for Spain.
Conquistadors Spanish Explorers
Taino Indigenous people on the Island Columbus sailed to.
scurvy Disease known to sailors. Lack of vitamin C.
Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Area Columbus sailed to in 1492.
Columbian Exchange System of trade set up by Columbus between the old world and the new world.
New World North America and South America.
Old World Europe, Asia, Africa
Triangular Trade System of trade between Europe( the Mother Country), Africa and the Americas.
Middle Passage Brutal trip for slaves being taken from Africa and transported to the Americas. Second leg of the triangular trade system.
small pox European disease responsible for killing a large number of the native population.
Gold, God, Glory Reasons European wanted to explore other regions.
Treaty of Tordesillas In 1494 this agreement neatly divided the "New World" into land, resources, and people claimed by Spain and Portugal.
Ibn Battuta Early explorer from North Africa who was Muslim.
Zheng He Early explorer from China.
Marco Polo Early Italian Explorer.
Colonization settling and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
Mercantilism Gaining resources for FREE, then, making money from selling the manufactured goods from those resources. 100% profit!!
Manufactured goods Products made from resources. Furniture, radios, rugs clothing.
Please Study all of these words In class daily and at night!!
Aztecs, Inca and Mayans Native civilizations in South America. Conquered by the conquistadors.
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