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He was the son of Erik the Red and he land in present day Canada he was the first sailer recorded to reach reach North America.
Lief Eriksson
it divided the Atlantic Ocean.spain could claim all the land west of this line
Line of Demarcation
soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
conquistadors
are large farms that grow just one kind of crop
plantations
a document giving Sir Walter Raleigh permission to start a colony
charter
a prince responcible for advances that would make the exploration more succesful
Henry the Navigator:
moved the line of demarcation 800 miles further west.
Treaty of Tordesillas
a conquistador who left Cuba to sail to present day Mexico in 1519
Hernan Cortes
This religious movement began is small German towns but quickly spread to most of Europe
Protestant Reformation
having a natural resistance to diseases such as Measles smallpx, and typhus
immune
a device that enable navigators to learn their ship's location by charting the position of the stars.
Astrolabe
A Portugese navigator, set out with a Spanish Fleet to Sail down the east coast of South America
Ferdinand Magellan
A king who ruled a wealthy land to the west of mexico
Moctecuma ll
reformers who protested some of the Catholic Church's practice
Protestants
the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure
Middle Passage
new ships that used triangular sails that, unlike traditional square sails, allowed ships to sail against the sail
caravels
to go all the way around the globe.
Circumnavigate
was a conquistadore whe heard rumors of the Inca cities in the Andes of South America
Francisco Pizarro
a huge fleet of warships meant to end English plans.
Spanish Armada
a French sailor who led one of Frances major exploration to North America
Jacques Cartier
a sailor from Genoa, Italy, who was convinced that he could reach Asia by Sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean
Christopher Columbus
A transfer of new plants and animals to Europe, Asia, and Africa and was called this because it started with Columbus's explorations
Columbian Exchange
a system that gave settlers the right to tax localnative Americans to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the native Americans and convert people to christianity.
encomienda system
a water route through North America that would ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Northwest Passage
Enslaved Africans were sent all across the new world
African Diaspora