Age of Exploration Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Treaty of Tordesilla | 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain that divided their New World land claims. |
Dutch East India Company | Company established to direct trade in Asia. Could mint money, make treaties, and even raise an army. |
Ming Dynasty | Chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368-1644 |
Manchus | Invaders from north of China who invaded and caused the Ming Dynasty to collapse. |
Qing Dynasty | Dynasty begun by the Manchus. Ruled China for more than 260 years. |
Colony | lands controlled by another nation. |
Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
Mestizo | Mixed Spanish and Native American population. |
Encomienda | Forced Native American labor by the Spanish. |
Pilgrims | English colonizers who established English colony of Plymouth in 1620 after leaving England for being persecuted for their beliefs. |
Puritans | English group seeking religious freedom from England’s Anglican church. Sought to build model Christian community in the Americas. |
New Netherlands | Dutch land holdings established in 1621 in North America meant to be a colony for fur trading. |
Jamestown | Colony established by the British in 1607. Named after King James. |
New France | Colony established by French traders in North America in 1608. |
Atlantic Slave Trade | The buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas. |
Triangle Trade | Trade network by which African slaves were captured and traded/sold for goods in Africa, the Americas, and Europe. |
Middle Passage | The voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas. |
Columbian Exchange | The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas. |
Capitalism | Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit. |
Mercantilism | Theory that held that a company’s power depended on its wealth. |
Joint-Stock Company | Worked like a corporation with investors buying shares of stock of a company. |
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