charts of landmasses and coastlines made by navigators and mathematicians in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

mobile sailing ships with both lateen and square sails that began to be constructed in Europe in the sixteenth century

Doctrine of Discovery

a proclamation by the Catholic Church in the late fifteenth century dividing up the world into separate zones for Portuguese and Spanish exploration

"conquerors" Leaders in the Spanish conquests in the Americas, especially Mexico and Peru, in the sixteenth century

the offspring of intermarriage between Europeans, originally Spaniards, and native American Indians

the offspring of Africans and Europeans, particularly in Latin America

the administrative head of the provinces of New Spain and Peru in the Americas

in Latin America, American-born descendants of Europeans

the system by which Spain first governed its American colonies. Holders of an encomienda were supposed to protect the Indians as well as use them as laborers and collect tribute but in practice exploited them

a grant from the Spanish monarch to colonial conquistadors.

the Afrikaans descendants of Dutch settlers in southern Africa who left the Cape Colony in the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State and Transvaal; defeated by British in Boer War (1899-1902) and ultimately made in the Union of South Africa.

the exchange of animals, plants, and culture, but also communicable diseases and human populations including slaves, between the Western and Eastern hemispheres that occurred after Columbus's voyages to the Americas.

the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas as the middle leg of the triangular trade

a term used to describe a form of international trade taking place between 3 countries or regions of the world

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Chap 14 study guide

Question	Answer
portolani	charts of landmasses and coastlines made by navigators and mathematicians in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
caravels	mobile sailing ships with both lateen and square sails that began to be constructed in Europe in the sixteenth century
Doctrine of Discovery	a proclamation by the Catholic Church in the late fifteenth century dividing up the world into separate zones for Portuguese and Spanish exploration
conquistadors	"conquerors" Leaders in the Spanish conquests in the Americas, especially Mexico and Peru, in the sixteenth century
mestizos	the offspring of intermarriage between Europeans, originally Spaniards, and native American Indians
mulattoes	the offspring of Africans and Europeans, particularly in Latin America
viceroys	the administrative head of the provinces of New Spain and Peru in the Americas
creoles	in Latin America, American-born descendants of Europeans
encomienda system	the system by which Spain first governed its American colonies. Holders of an encomienda were supposed to protect the Indians as well as use them as laborers and collect tribute but in practice exploited them
encomienda	a grant from the Spanish monarch to colonial conquistadors.
Boers	the Afrikaans descendants of Dutch settlers in southern Africa who left the Cape Colony in the 19th century to settle in the Orange Free State and Transvaal; defeated by British in Boer War (1899-1902) and ultimately made in the Union of South Africa.
Columbian Exchange	the exchange of animals, plants, and culture, but also communicable diseases and human populations including slaves, between the Western and Eastern hemispheres that occurred after Columbus's voyages to the Americas.
Middle Passage	the journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas as the middle leg of the triangular trade
maroons	camps for escaped slaves
Triangular Trade	a term used to describe a form of international trade taking place between 3 countries or regions of the world

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