Title of Vespucci's written account of the geography in the New World.
What is America.
100
Located in present-day South Africa, this port served as a opening route to the trade in India and the east.
What is The Cape of Good Hope
100
Albuquerque provided a way station for the Portuguese on the way to the Islands, which were located where?
What is Molucca.
100
What type of animal revolutionized the culture in North American farming?
What is a horse.
200
Prince from Portugual who was motivated by desire to spread Christianity and create Christian Kingdoms.
Who is Henry the Navigator
200
A court established to administrate Royal justice.
What is Audiencias.
200
Home of the Incas, where they believed that emperors were the 'sons of god' and their boundaries extended to Ecquador.
What is Cuzco, Peru.
200
The Portuguese gained full control of the Spice Trade from whom?
Who is the Muslims.
200
International trade now required unprecedented amounts of capital, so the English and the Dutch formed what type of partnership to maximize profits and limit risk?
What is joint-stock companies.
300
Portuguese explorer who first used westerly winds to round the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
300
An economic and social system that allowed conquering Spaniards to collect tribute from natives and to use them as laborers?
What is Price Exchange.
300
The three major landmarks that were included on Ptolemy's Flat Scale map.
What is Europe, Asia, and Africa.
300
They seized the Moluccas and pushed the Portuguese and the British out of the Spice Trade?
Who is the Dutch.
300
A time in European society where the economy shifted from an agarian economy to commercial and industrial capitalist systems.
What is the Age of Expansion.
400
Seized and murdered Atahualpa, the Incan leader, and conquered the city to create a new capital for the Spanish empire's new colony.
Who is Francisco Pizzarro.
400
a city state deemed unconquerable by the Aztecs that was now allied with Spain.
What is Tlaxcala.
400
Queen Isabella declared natives of Spain to be subject to this.
What is Castile.
400
As Vasco de Gama arrived in India, he claimed he had come in search of "Christians and Spices." What spices did he bring back in hope (and success) of generating massive amounts of revenue?
What is Ginger and Cinnamon.
400
A confederacy of Baltic towns that dominated Northern European trade rapidly declined in the 1400's. What was the name of this region?
What is the Hanseatic League.
500
an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the region.
Who is John Cabot.
500
Settled in the Cape of Good Hope, this provided food for Dutch ships and later developed into a permanent colony. (1602)
What is Dutch East India Company.
500
Route that connected European, African and American continents that characterized the new Atlantic Economy.
What is the Triangular Trade Route.
500
True or False: Did Vasco de Gama set up port facilities at Goa (which later became the headquarters for Portuguese operations) and conduct raids against Arab shippers?
What is False.
500
As commercial capitalism expanded, so did the class of entrepreneurs. What is the new middle class called?