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World Explor Review
Test Review for World Exploration Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vikings | Explored West 1100-1200s |
| Europeans | Explored west and around Africa 1200s to 1600s |
| Prince Henry | Portuguese royal who opened a school for new maritime inventions and financed exploration by sea |
| Portuguese | Chose to go around Africa to India for trade |
| Tip of Africa | Cape of Good Hope |
| Ottoman Turks | Ruined the Spice and Silk Roads by capturing caravans and looting |
| Dias | Portuguese sailor who managed to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and on to India |
| Portugal | Began slave trading to Europe and South America |
| Spice Road | Land Route to India |
| Silk Road | Land Route to China |
| God Glory and God | Three reasons for world exploration |
| Gold Coast | West coast of Africa |
| Mesoamerica | Aztecs and Incas conquered by the Spanish |
| Hispaniola | Where Columbus landed |
| Brazil | South American Portuguese colony with many slaves |
| Line of Demarcation | Line drawn by the pope to mark where Portugal and Spain could create colonies. Spain to the west of the line and Portugal to the east of the line |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Signed by Portugal and Spain where the Pope established the line of demarcation for colony seeking |
| Conquistador | Spanish soldiers |
| Colony | A society taken over by a European country in Africa, South or North America |
| Mother Country | European country that created a colony and ruled it |
| New World | Although not new, this is what the Europeans called North and South America |
| Old World | Europe |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange of plants, vegetables, farm animals, and disease from the Europeans to the New World; and exchange of plants and vegetables and fruits from the New World to Europe |
| Mercantilism | An economic practice where the Mother Country governments controlled trade with their colonies |
| Exports | Trade leaving the country which should be high |
| Imports | Trade coming into the country which should be low |
| Balance of Trade | Exports high and imports low |
| Alexander VI | Pope who drew up the Treaty of Tordasillas with the Line of Demarcation between Spain and Portugal |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | Monarchs of Spain during the exploration |
| Cortes | Conquered the Aztecs for the Spanish |
| Pizarro | Conquered the Incas for the Spanish |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Explorer which America is named after |
| The Horse | Native Americans favorite animal brought from Europe |
| France | Allowed colonies to keep their own religion so trade was favorable |
| Secular | Separation of Church from State. Secular stood for the State |
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