The Growth of Trade
A series of wars where Europeans tried to take control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
A Portuguese man who sailed halfway around Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Columbus wanted to sail in this direction to reach Asia.
What is "West"?
Name of advantage the Spanish had over Native Americans.
Resistance to disease, better weapons/equipment/animals, Native allies.
These settlements were trading towns.
What are pueblos?
A rebirth of European interest in classic Greek and Roman art, culture, and philosophy.*
What is the Renaissance?
A Portuguese man who sailed all the way around Africa to Asia.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
After landing in the Bahamas, Columbus moved on to built a fort and claim governorship of this island.
What is Hispaniola/Haiti?
This man conquered the Incas.
The movement of tomatoes from the Americas to Italy is an example of...
What is "The Columbian Exchange?"
Name one of the three African empires discussed in the Growth of Trade chapter.*
Ghana, Mali, Songhai Empire
This Portuguese Prince founded a map-making School of Navigation.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Name one of the three ships Queen Isabella gave Columbus on his first voyage.
What are the Nina, Pinta, or the Santa Maria?
This man conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Natives were forcefully taught Christianity and Spanish at these settlements.
What are missions?
A man whose travel book generated more European interest in trade with Asia.
Who is Marco Polo?
This Portuguese king funded two voyages around Africa.
Who is King John II?
This man arrested Columbus.
Who is Bobadilla?
A name for Spanish soldiers who fought for Cortes and Pizarro.
What are conquistadors?
This disease spread throughout New Spain and killed Natives across pueblos, missions, and plantations.
What is smallpox?
These people first sold European traders goods from Asia.
Who are Arab merchants?
This Chinese invention allowed sailors to easily find their direction.
What is a compass?
Columbus enslaved over a thousand Natives on this voyage.
What is Columbus' Second Voyage?
Why did Native subjects of the Aztec Empire team up with Cortes to defeat their leaders?
They were upset with being sacrificed, taxed, and enslaved.
A name for people with a mix of Spanish and Native American heritage.
What is mestizo?