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WH 17.1 Quiz
10/15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| caravel | a light ship with triangular sails and was borrowed from Arab miners. They were quick, easy to maneuver, and could sail into the wind |
| mercantilism | a system in which government protects and regulates trade to create wealth at the expense of rival powers |
| Prince Henry | the son of Portugal's king, he established a navigation school on the Atlantic Coast in Portugal |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navagator who found America basically |
| circumnavigate | to travel all the way around the world (MIGELLAN was the first) |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldiers and adventurers who led the conquest of the Americans |
| Balboa | he crossed through Panama with his crew and they became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean |
| Cortes | One of the most successful conquistadors, launched invasion of Mexico in 1519 with about 500 men |
| Pizarro | Set out for treasure (gold and silver), conquered the Inca emporer |
| Atahualpa | Inca Emporer, invited Pizarro and his soldiers to a meeting in the northern part of Peru |
| Aztec emporer | Moctezuma |
| Aztec Capital | Tenohticlan |
| Columbian exchange | A global exchange of plants, animals, people, and diseases across the Atlantic ocean |