Explorers
Credited by Europeans with discovering the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
Slaves were brought to the new world to work these.
Plantations
Theory which held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of silver and/or gold.
Mercantilism
Portuguese Explorer who reached India.
Vasco da Gama
Roman Catholic priest who protested the treatment of native Americans by Europeans.
Bartolome de Las Casas
A person of mixed African and European descent.
Mulatto
Portuguese explorer who reached the Cape of Good Hope in Africa.
Bartholomea Dias
Name of the Aztec leader during the Spanish conquest.
Montezuma (Moctezuma)
Top class of Spanish individuals in a Spanish or Portuguese colony.
Peninsulare
Man who lead the Spanish conquest of the Inca.
Francisco Pizarro
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
The Middle Passage
The trade of slaves, goods, and foods between Europe, Africa, & the Americas.
The Triangular Trade
Considered the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
Capital city of the Aztec Empire
Tenochtitlan
Name of the major Dutch town in North America.
New Amsterdam