The Growth of Trade
A series of wars where Europeans tried to take control of the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades?
A Portuguese man who sailed halfway around Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Columbus wanted to sail in this direction to reach Asia.
What is "West"?
A smallpox epidemic allowed Hernan Cortes to successfully conquer this city.
What is Tenochtitlan?
These settlements were trading towns, often built on old Mayan or Inca trade routes.
What are pueblos?
This organization convinced European kings to unite, instead of fighting one another.
What is the Catholic Church?
A Portuguese man who sailed all the way around Africa to Asia.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
After landing in the Bahamas, Columbus moved on to built a fort and claim governorship of this island.
What is Hispaniola/Haiti?
This man conquered the Incas.
This Native game was banned in New Spain.
What is pok-ta-pok?
This was the European system of kings, nobles, knights, and peasants.
What is feudalism?
This Portuguese Prince founded a map-making School of Navigation.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Name one of the three ships Queen Isabella gave Columbus on his first voyage.
What are the Nina, Pinta, or the Santa Maria?
This man conquered both the Mayans and the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Natives were forcefully taught Christianity and Spanish at these settlements.
What are missions?
This empire controlled the Holy Land, as well as access to trade with Asia.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This Portuguese king funded two voyages around Africa.
Who is King John II?
This man arrested Columbus after seeing his encomienda system.
Who is Bobadilla?
A name for Spanish soldiers who fought for Cortes and Pizarro.
What are conquistadors?
This disease spread throughout New Spain and killed Natives across pueblos, missions, and plantations.
What is smallpox?
These people first sold European traders goods from Asia.
Who are Arab merchants?
This Chinese invention allowed sailors to easily find their direction.
What is a compass?
Columbus began the encomienda system during this voyage. (1-4?)
What is Columbus' Second Voyage?
These people allied with Cortes to overthrow the Aztec leaders.
Who are the Aztecs' angry subjects?
A name for people of Spanish-Native heritage, who had limited rights in New Spain.
What is mestizo?