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The first two countries that started the Age of Exploration
Spain and Portugal
the Italian explorer who reached China and went back to Europe to tell his journey’s amazing stories
Marco Polo
the company established by the Dutch to control spice trade in Indonesia
Dutch East India
the conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire, conquering Mexico
Hernan Cortes
system of mining and farming using natives as slave labor
encomienda
the nation that Italian explorer Marco Polo reached where he met Kublai Khan
China
the son of Portugal’s king who started the idea of exploring other lands and built schools for explorers
Prince Henry the Navigator
the explorer credited to be the first who circumnavigate the earth
Ferdinand Magellan
the term that refers to Spanish explorers who conquered the Americas in the 16th century
conquistador
the technology that allowed explorers to stay on course and not get lost in the ocean
magnetic compass
the treaty that divided the world into two: the Americas belong to Spain, and Africa/Asia belong to Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
the kind of ship that allowed explorers to navigate long distances in the ocean
caravel
the war that is not only a holy one, but also indirectly a trading route between the East (Muslims) and Europe
Crusades
conquistador who defeated the Incan Empire, conquering Peru
Francisco Pizzaro
the term Christopher Columbus used to call the natives in America because he thought he reached Asia
Indians
three reasons of Europeans’ motivation to explroe other lands
god, gold, glory
the year that encompasses the age of exploration
1400s-1700s
the only nation in South America not colonized by Spain (but colonized by Portugal)
Brazil
last Incan emperor, defeated and killed by the Spanish
Atahualpa
the first explorer who reached the Pacific Ocean
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
the Italian explorer under the name of Spain who “discovered” Asia, not knowing it was America
Christopher Columbus
the Italian explorer whom the name “America” came form
Amerigo Vespucci
this term refers to a land controlled by another nation
colony
a person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood
mestizo
the most in-demand product in Europe that is worth its weight in gold, and enhances their bland food
spice