Vocabulary
Agreement that settled a dispute between Spain and Portugal about their new territories around the world.
The first European to reach the Americas and kick off the colonization and conquering of the continents.
Columbus
This was the largest Portuguese colony in the Americas
Brazil
This was the largest empire in South America when the Spanish began exploring the area and eventually were defeated by Spain.
The Incan Empire
This was the major trade good that sparked a race for direct trade routes to Asia
Spices
People who agreed to work for a specific amount of time, usually 7 years, without pay in exchange for passage from Europe to the Americas.
Indentured Servants
Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortez
He was the first to sail from Europe to India and open up direct spice trading to Asia
Vasco de Gama
This civilization dominated much of what is now Mexico and was known to sacrifice their captives to appease their gods.
Aztec
The movement of plants, animals, disease, technology, culture and people from the Americas to Europe was called what?
Colombian Exchange
People of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent who lived in New Spain.
Mestizos
Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Incan empire
Francisco Pizzaro
He was the first European to sail around the Cape of Africa
Dias
This disease spread quickly from the Spanish and decimated the populations of the Americas for centuries
Small Pox
These two countries formed a partnership to explore trade routes to Asia, although eventually one of them was kicked out by the other
England and Holland
The first permanent settlement in North America
Jamestown
Map maker who is America is named for
Amerigo Vespucci
Member of the royal family who set up the academy that trained sailors and explorers
Prince Henry
This ancient civilization dominated much of Central America and had advanced mathematics and an accurate calendar
Mayan
This Chinese sailor, who was a slave and a eunuch, shared Chinese goods around the Indian Ocean and increased the popularity of many goods made in China
Zhang He
Floating Islands used for agriculture most famously in Aztec culture
Chinampas
The King and Queen of Spain when they began their colonization of the Americas
Isabella and Ferdinand
Country Portugal fought for control of the spice trade in the Indian Ocean
Dutch
These people lived in the Caribbean and were the first to be exploited and eventually decimated by the Spanish as they conquered the land.
Taino
Slavery took off in the Americas after plantations were built to produce this product.
Sugar