Lesson 1
The science of map making.
What is Cartography?
The capital of the Aztec Empire.
What was Tenochtitlan?
Main purpose of missions
Who focused on converting, educating and Europeanizing Native Americans?
It is how other countries responded when Portugal built a global empire.
Why did other countries attacked Portuguese ships and trading posts?
divided the non-European world into two zones
What is the Line of Demarcation?
What is the three mast Caravel?
a knotted rope that the Incas used for record keeping
What was a quipu?
Spanish send government officials to its American colonies for this reason.
How did the Spanish crown ensure it received its share of silver and gold?
helped finance the expansion of Portugal’s empire
Why is the discovery of gold and diamonds in Brazil important to Portugal's economy?
Peninsulares
Who is on top of the Spanish social structure?
He developed a new map projection.
(1) took over territory, (2) settled towns, (3) set up governments
What sequence of steps did the Spanish follow to establish colonies in the Americas?
This explorer named Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de León?
exported from South America to Portugal
What is Brazilwood
The name of the children of peninsulares
Who are Creoles?
European nations wanted to take part in the profitable trade that Italy controlled.
Why did European nations start looking for a water route to Asia?
The Inca Empire suffered this before the Spanish arrived which weakened their empire.
What is disease and war?
Reasons that the sugar plantations produced such high profits
Europe had a high demand for sugar, molasses, and rum.
divided the non-European world between Spain and Portugal
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Precious metals melted into bars
What is Bullion?
He taught the Portuguese that they could reach the Indian Ocean by a water route.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
It was an effect of Spanish conquest on culture in Americas
Why did the Spanish, Native American, and African cultures blended over time.
The long term impact of the work of Bernardino de Sahagún.
Why were many aspects of the Aztec culture preserved?
took over Malacca and Hormuz
Who is Afonso de Albuquerque?
Spanish explorers and soldiers who conquered territory
Who are conquistadors?