Maps & Stuff
This map projection was created in 1569 CE and heavily distorts both size and shape of continents.
Mercator
The Silk Roads
This Portuguese sailor who famously took 3 years to travel around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Treaty of Tordesillas gave these two countries control over the Americas and West Africa.
Portugal and Spain
This is the process of physically taking over a land and its people and resources.
Colonization
This is also known as the "orange peel" map.
Goode's homolosine
Early Spanish colonies included these two locations, otherwise known as laboratories of capitalism.
Canary Islands & Madeira
These organizations developed by the Dutch helped reduce investment risk.
Joint-stock company
Spain got access to this major colony in Southeast Asia because of its control of Western America.
Philippines
This is the belief in superiority of one nation over another and the driving force behind the act of taking over another country.
Imperialism
This map projection fixes the size distortion issues, but shape of continents is still distorted.
Robinson
Early sailors used this tool to measure stars and planets while navigating.
Astrolabe
Between 1600 and 1800 CE, the Dutch controlled this percentage of all ships of trade.
49% (50% or half are acceptable)
The Spaniards sent these individuals to "Christianize" the Native Americans.
Friars
Spaniards used this term to refer to Spaniards who were born in the Americas.
Criollos
Size and shape distortions on map projections have created a false idea that _________________ is more important than other lands and cultures.
Europe
Ferdinand Magellan was considered the first sailor to do this, or travel around the world.
Circumnavigate
In the Americas, Spain began to control this material, forcing indigenous people to extract it.
Silver
The Spaniards built Mexico City, capital of New Spain, on top of this city, the Aztec capital.
Tenochtitlan
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec led to New Spain in Mexico. Their conquest of this Native American empire led to Peru.
Inca
The Robinson Projection was created in *this* year.
1963 CE
This group of Native Americans were among the first who Columbus encountered in the Bahamas and Hispaniola.
Taino
Pope Alexander VI issued this document to announce the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Papal Bull
This term, which governed New Spain, descends from the Latin term "in place of" and the French term "king."
Viceroy
Vicis + roi
The French built their sugar colonies in these two colonies. (Okay if you answer just 1)
Haiti
French Guinea