Transformation of Europe
He is given credit for inventing the movable type printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Opened a school of Navigation in Potugal
Prince Henry the Navigator
The 2 reasons this unit starts at 1450, and their dates
1453 - Fall of Constantinople
1454 - Gutenberg printing press
Title given to Spanish conquerors in the New World
Conquistadors
This group was on the top of the social class structure in the new work - define the term
Peninsulares
Defined as a Genius - someone who knows a lot about a lot
Renaissance Man
Discovered the southern most point of Africa, named it the Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeu Dias
The effect of the Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Reformation
Leader of the Aztec Empire in 1519
Moctezuma
One of the most brutal coerced labor systems in the new world where land owners were given the natives and had to "civilize" them
Encomienda
Any revolution against the Catholic Church
Protestant Reformation
First European to sail to India, later appointed Governor of India (1524)
Vasco da Gama
Most powerful famiy in Europe, ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1273 through the 17th century
Habsburg
Leader of the Inca Empire in 1532 who was captured by Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
The Spanish New world was divided into these, initially 2 but later 4 based on economics.
Viceroyalties
The idea that the accomplishments of people are important.
Humanism
Sailed west to go east in October 1492
Christopher Columbus
Economic, manufacturing system in Medieval Europe
The Putting Out System
Conquered the Aztec Empire with the help of alliances and Smallpox
Hernan Cortez
This forced labor system was used in North America primarily and not in Latin America
Indentured Servitude
Try to understand Natural Laws with an emphasis on human abilities
The Enlightenment
Accidently Discovered Brazil in 1500
Pedro Cabral
Chinese Explorer who is considered the greatest explorer of all time.
Zheng He
What was the greatest advantage the Europeans had over the natives during this time period.
Horses
Steel
Germs
Writing
Unlike Latin America, colonies in North America were funded by these, because the mother country could not afford to send them
Joint Stock Companies