European Explorers
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope
Who is Barolomeu Dias?
Seafaring or oceangoing; relating to the sea or ocean
What is maritime?
Spanish conquistador who led an expedition to Tenochtitlan that led to the fall of the Aztec civilization
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Economic principle that contributed to the success of the Commercial Revolution; held that nations needed large supplies of gold and silver to prosper
What is mercantilism?
A small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails
What is a caravel?
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India by rounding the Cape of Good Hope
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Travel completely around
What is circumnavigate?
A Spanish Catholic priest who spoke out against the encomienda system and spent his life trying to improve conditions for Native Americans
Who is Bartolome de las Casas?
A business where shares of ownership are bought and owned by shareholders; British East India Company is one of the most famous
What is a joint-stock company?
Settlements of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
What are colonies?
Genoese explorer who explored the east coast of Canada and claimed land for England
Who is John Cabot?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between which these two countries
What are Spain and Portugal?
Spanish and Portuguese officials born in Europe; they were at the top of the social classes
Who were peninsulares?
An economic system where people can invest in trade and goods; flourished during the Commercial Revolution
What is capitalism?
A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use
What is a cash crop?
Florentine explorer; America is named after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
The act of converting people to Christianity
What is evangelization?
The trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
What is triangular trade?
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas, Europe, and Asia
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas where landowners had the right to use Native Americans as laborers
What is encomienda?
Portuguese explorer remembered as the first European to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
A Spanish trading ship larger and heavier than a caravel
What is a galleon?
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas; named this because it was the middle portion of the triangular trade route
What is the Middle Passage?
Explorer the Columbian Exchange is named for
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft indigenous people to work
What is mita?