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Question | Answer |
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Prince Henry | prince of Portugal who set up naval schools and exploration along African coast |
Da Gama | explorer from Portugal who reached India |
Columbus | Spanish explorer who landed in the Caribbean and believed earth was round |
Megellan | circumnavigated the world |
Cortez | went to Mexico and killed the Aztecs |
Pizarro | went to Peru and killed the Inca |
Mercantilism | economic system in which colony exists for benefit of mother country |
hacienda | plantations in latin america |
encomienda system | area of land given to conquistadors in exchange for conquering |
tainos | native people that Columbus killed |
captaincies | large areas of land given to the explorers |
donataries | portugese land owners who brought over colonists |
cabilidos | local councils that helped to govern the towns |
de le casas | first man to free his slaves; Spanish |
peninsulares | highest class system; got off the boat |
Creole | european heritage |
mestizos | european-native born |
mulatto | european-african born |
zambo | native-african, native, and african born |
caravel | small ships with better sails |
galleon | giant ships that carried cargo |
bullion | gold or silver in bulk |
Treaty of Tordesillas | pope created the line of Demarcation where portugal got east land and spain got west |
maderias and canaries | islands in the atlantic ocean near Africa |
nzinga mvemba | ruler of the congo who converted to christianity |
middle passage | trip across atlantic for the slaves; horrible conditions |
viceroy | representative of king who was brought to rule the colonies |
mita | wage labor system |
commercial revolution | worldwide trade |
miscegenation | interbreeding of different ethnicities |