Vocab
The exchange of foods, plants, diseases, and ideas between the Old and New World
Columbian Exchange
Was the Italian explorer who "discovered" the Americas
Christopher Columbus
The first ruler of the Ming Dynasty
Hongwu
Held the largest empire in the Americas
Spain
The city built on a lake in the Americas
Tenochtitlan
a system where a person signs a contract to work without a regular salary for a set number of years to pay for travel, food, or debt
Indentured servitude
Went on seven voyages to increase the prestige and diplomatic standing of China
Zheng He
Was the Aztec ruler, captured by the Spanish and used as a figure head until he was killed
Montezuma II
Was a religious tolerant empire, which got rid of the jizya tax on it's non-Muslim subjects
Mughals
Was the brutal sea journey that forcibly transported approximately 12.5 million enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Middle Passage
A Spanish warrior and explorer in the Americas
Conquistador
My crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Was the emperor of an Islamic empire who allowed non-Muslims to hold high places in the government and military
Akbur the Great
Was a more isolationist empire due to the state's philosophical beliefs on trade
Ming
Conquered the Incas, after reading how another Spanish leader conquered the Aztecs
Francisco Pizzaro
an estate of land and the inhabiting American Indians formerly granted to Spanish colonists or adventurers in America for purposes of tribute
Encomienda
Was the French explorer who was the first European to map out the St Lawrence River and named Canada
Jacques Cartier
Was the Incan Leader who wanted to defeat the Spanish not with weapons but through dance
Atahualpa
Was the Islamic Empire whose state religion was Shia
Safavids
A descendant of Genhis Khan and Tamerlane
Babur
governments used trade controls to build national wealth and power at the expense of other countries
Mercantilism
the first European to sail directly from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
Was the Portuguese royal who helped fund maritime schools and later Portuguese expeditions
Prince Henry
An empire which believed that human sacrifice was necessary to prevent the world from ending
Aztecs
An agreement between the Spanish and the Portuguese that split control of the world between them
Treaty of Tordesillas