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where a country takes over another country, spreads its culture and settles its people there
What is colonisation
an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
Who was christopher Columbus
When was the age of exploration?
From the 15th to the 17th century
The aztec leader who met cortés.
Who was Montezuma?
This Caribbean cricket team is based off the name given to native Americans by Christopher Columbus
What are the west indies?
where people or country take control of another people or country by military force
What is conquest?
The first person to reach India
De gama
When was the Inca empire conquered and by who?
The Inca empire was conquered by Pizarro in 1532
The Aztec capital that was later renamed to Mexico City
What was tenochtitlan
What kingdoms/empires were conquered in the age of exploration?
aztecs and Incas
Spanish conquerors who defeated native empires in Central and South America
What are conquistadors?
Where did de gama and Christopher Columbus sail from?
*daily double*
Christopher Columbus came from Spain and de gama came from portugal
the Navigator of Portugal who organised
voyages down the coast of Africa
Who was Prince Henry?
When was the expedition of cortés
1519
This form of trade globalised goods by trading across the Atlantic Ocean
What is Columbian Exchange?
treaty between Spain and Portugal where they divided newly discovered lands between them, along the line of Tordesillas
What is the Treaty of tordesillas?
The conqueror of the Aztec empire in Mexico
Who was Hernán Cortés?
Why did Christopher columbus want to go to India
Spices and gold
Name three ways Spain gained from colonisation
More treasure, massive gains in wealth, richest country in Europe etc.
The majority of Brazil and Mexico follow this religion because of colonisation
Roman Catholicism
the period in 15th and 16th centuries when European countries explored or searched for other countries in the world
What was the age of exploration?
The monarchy who funded Christopher colombus’s attempt to reach India
Who was king Ferdinand and queen isabella?
Name three inventions that made sea travel easier in the 15th to 17th century
Compass, caravels, carracks, hour glass, log and line, rudder, etc.
Why is the mass death of the Spanish natives not considered genocide by all?
the Deaths may have been from disease and there was a law that stopped people from treating the natives poorly
In what year did Portuguese controlled contolled countries in Africa gain independence
1970s