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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |