The Age of Exploration
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| Prince Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince that sponsored voyages and created a school for navigators in Portugal
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| Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer working for Spain, reached the Bahamas and believed it was India
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| Conquistadors | Spanish conquerors that were authorized by the crown but financed elsewhere
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| Hernan Cortez | Spanish soldier that made alliances with city-states that didn't like the Aztecs and eventually helped overthrow them
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| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish soldier that Incan civil war to eventually establish a colony there
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| Encomienda | A form of economic and social system, a Spaniard is given a royal grant allowing them to collect tribute from natives and use them as laborers
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| Viceroy | administrative head of one of the two provinces once held by Spain, Lima or Mexico City
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| Triangular Trade | European manufactured goods to Africa for slaves, then to the Americas for tobacco, sugar, rum, coffee and back to Europe
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| Middle Passage | Journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas, the middle leg of the triangular trade
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| Mestizos | Offspring of Europeans and native American Indians
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| Columbian Exchange | Exportation of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
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| Price Revolution | Europe wide phenomenon that was caused by inflation from the importation of so many precious metals
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| Joint-Stock Company | Company that makes money by selling shares to people who get dividends on their investment
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| Mercantilism | Set of economic tendencies during the 17th century
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| Portolani | Charts made by medieval navigators and mathematicians in the 13th and 14th century
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| Quadrant and astrolabe | Instrument used to make astronomical measurements
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| Horses | Brought from Europe to the Americas as part of the Columbian exchange
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| Double-entry Bookkeeping | Every business transaction has two accounts involved
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| Bank of Amersterdam | Created in 1609 as a transfer and deposit institution, became a banking center
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| Dutch East India Company | Trading company founded by the Dutch Republic to help secure their trade in the Indian Ocean
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| British East India Company | Trading company founded by England to exploit trade in India and Southeast Asia
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