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To sail completely around the world
circumnavigate
Grants of Money
Subsidies
An economic policy where a nation's strength depended on its wealth
mercantilism
The exchange of plants, animals and disease between Europe and the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
A system where a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of Native Americans to work for him
encomienda system
What items were sent from the Americas to Europe?
Chocolate, corn, beans, pineapples, etc
An economic system where the most economic activity is carried on by private individuals or organizations seeking a profit
Capitolism
A light, fast sailing ship invented during the Age of Exploration
Caraval
Officials who ruled a large area in the king's name
viceroys
A part of the triangular trade that brought Africans to the Americans to be sold as slaves
Middle passage
What items were sent from Europe to the Americas
Bananas, lettuce, sugar, pigs, etc
What country did Sir Francis Drake sail for
England
Spanish conquerors
conquistador
What instruments helped European explorers in navigation
the compass and astrolabe
Which royalty established a small court of sailors, mapmakers, and astronomers and financed many voyages in search of Asia
King Fernadad & Queen Elizabeth
What was the effect of the slave trade?
The African Diaspoa
Which European colonies used Native Americans for labor
What part of Africa did most of the slaves involved in the Atlantic slave trade come from?
Coast of West Africa, and between Senegal and Angola
Who was the first European explorer to reach India
Vasco de Gama
What advantages did Hernan Cortez have that allowed him to defeat the Aztecs
He had Native Americans on his side, and no one really liked the Aztec kind Moctezuma II