People
an association formed by investors or shareholders for the purpose of trade, exploration, and colonization
Charter Company
Maps with lines radiating from compasses that showed routes to important ports
Portolan Maps
system based on race that was used for social control and also determined a person's role and importance in society Peninsular, Creole, Mestizo, Indios
Spanish Caste System
Winds that blow from west to east
Westerlies
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
Mercantilism
this Portuguese explorer was the first European sailor to sail around Africa in 1498 and make it to India
Vasco de Gama
The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages
Columbian Exchange
was a semi feudal government of Japan in which one of the shoguns unified the country under his family's rule They moved the capital to Edo, which now is called Tokyo
Tokugawa Shogunate
Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator
Trade Winds
The network of trading links after 1500 that moved goods, wealth, people, and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin
Atlantic System
He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India
During the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, the policy of closing the country to foreign trade with Europe and encouraging domestic production of goods that had previously been imported
Sakoku
peasant uprising, protest against taxes but also religious persecution, defeated, led to end of Christianity in Japan before the 19th century, contact with foreigners restricted
Shimabara Rebellion
A small, highly maneuverable three masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic
Caravel
"Sun King", absolute monarch of France, built Palace of Versailles, revoked Edict of Nantes
1394 1460 Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire
Prince Henry the Navigator
A medieval organization of crafts workers or trades people
Guild
failed attempt by Ottoman Empire to invade Europe, ever since Europe had to fear/keep peace with Ottoman Empire farthest Westward advance into Central Europe of the Ottoman Empire
Siege of Vienna
A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
Middle Passage
A religious movement of the 16 th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
Protestant Reformation
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years
Indentured Servants
Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope
Battle of Lepanto
The son of Charles V who later became husband to Mary I and king of Spain and Portugal He supported the Counter Reformation and sent the Spanish Armada to invade England
Philip II of Spain
" following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
Renaissance
95 Thesis, posted in 1517 led to religious reform in Germany, denied papal power and absolutist rule Claimed there were only 2 sacraments baptism and communion
Martin Luther