Explorers
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.
What is Christopher Columbus
Which European country was the first to send out explorers?
Portugal
Spanish conqueror of the Americas
conquistadors
a settlement of people living in a new territory
colony
a large agricultural estate
plantation
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1480-1521)
What is Ferdinand Magellan
the extensive exchange of plants and animals between the Old and New Worlds
Columbian Exchange
What were the three goals that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore? This was also known as the "3 G's"
God
Gold
Glory
the journey of enslaved peoples from Africa to the Americas took place on
Middle Passage
a Portuguese ship with a large cargo hold and three masts and triangular sails, which allowed it to sail against the wind
caravel
a Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince. Although he rarely participated in explorations, he sent many expeditions from Portugal
What is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)
set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century was called
it depended on a nations large supply of what two things
mercantilism
gold and silver
the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports
balance of trade
This allowed sailors to plot their latitude using the sun or stars.
astrolabe
Mix of African and European ancestry
Mulattoes
Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India?
What is Vasco da Gama
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain.
What is Hernando Cortes
The triangular trade is pattern of trade that connected
Europe, Africa and the Americas
this group was at the top of the social hierarchy in Latin America
Peninsulares
people of European descent that were born in the Americas
Creoles
The first European to sail around the tip of Africa
What is Bartolomeu Dias
Conquistadors who overthrew the Inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
a labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft native people to work int he silver mines
Mita
This divided areas of exploration in the Americas between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordeillas
system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas
Encomienda