Spanish explorer that believed he could reach Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
The middle portion of the triangular trade route
What is the Middle Passage
100
The exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
What is the Columbian Exchange
200
Colonial Latin America divided by social classes that were based on privilege
What is the colonial class system
200
Slave trade that connected Europe, Africa, and the American continents
What is Triangular Trade
200
Queen of Spain declared the Spanish settlers had the right to use Native Americans as laborers
What is Encomienda System
200
American Indian people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century
Who are the Aztecs
200
Spanish conqueror of Mexico
Who is Hernan Cortes
300
A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century; It held that prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
What is Mercantilism
300
South American Indian people living in the central Andes before the Spanish conquest.
Who are the Incas
300
Act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin.
What is colonization
300
Spanish Explorer with a voyage to Asia through Western Hemisphere (1519); Southern tip of South America
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
300
Catholic priest who spoke out against the encomienda system
Who is Bartolome de las Casas
400
Portuguese Explorer with a route to India around southern tip of Africa … crossed Indian Ocean to coast of India (1498)
Who is Vasco da Gama
400
Large agricultural estates
What are plantations
400
According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver. To bring in gold and silver payments, nations tried to have a favorable ___________
What is balance of trade
400
The offspring of Europeans and Native Americans
Who are mestizos
400
John Cabot conducted explorations for the _________
Who are the English
500
Name of the Aztec monarch
Who is Montezuma
500
4 groups in the colonial class system
What is the peninsulares, creoles, mestizos, mulattoes
500
the continents not touched by European explorers
What is Australia and Antarctica
500
The time period of this unit (from first page in textbook chapter)
What is 1500-1800
500
Henry Hudson conducted explorations for the __________ and __________