Inventions/Discoveries
Utilized to tell time.
Astrolabe.
The man who sailed the big blue.
Christopher Columbus.
Spanish labor system, rewarded conquistadors.
Encomienda.
Portuguese ship utilized for quick trade.
Caravel.
Working off a debt.
Indentured Servitude.
Invented by the Chinese in the Han dynasty.
Magnetic Compass.
Land claimed by the French. (modern name)
Quebec
Produced 60% of world's silver.
Potosi.
Known for producing and trading Gold.
Asante Kingdom.
System of spanish social hierarchy.
Casta System.
What led to the efficiency of the Lateen Sail?
It was utilized to catch wind on both sides of the sail.
Divided the new world.
Treaty of Tordesillas.
Joint-Stock company specifically focused on spice trade.
British East India Company.
Define a trading post empire.
An empire that utilized trade routes controlled by merchant vessels. EX: Portugal.
Mestizos.
Invented the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg.
Name the conquistador who conquered the Incas, as well as the conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro
Similar to the Fuedal system.
Hacienda System.
Lasted 80 days, processed slave ships.
Middle Passage.
The entire Spanish social structure (in order) (one try)
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes
Isaac Newton published this in 1687.
Law of Universal Gravitation.
Mariner, Explorer, Envoy.
Zheng He
Focuses on benefits of profitable trading.
Mercantilism.
Companies given special privileges.
Royal Chartered Monopoly Companies.
Intolerance towards this class was prevalent in East Asia.
Han Chinese.