What's my name?
brutal Spanish conquistador who led a small army to defeat the Aztec Empire
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Name of Spanish explorers and how they financed their trips
conquistadors
They put up the money but gave 1/5 of their findings to Spanish government
Spanish explorers were in search of the 3Gs
God, Gold, Glory
Martin Luther's country and his central beliefs that lead to Protestantism Reformation
Germany
His central teachings are that the Bible is the central source of religious authority and that salvation is reached through faith and not deeds
why was the Renaissance called the Age of Enlightenment?
renewed interest in learning, classical teachings, and discovery
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Name two specific reasons that Cortes was successful at taking down the Aztec empire.
Role of disease, guns, kidnapping the main leader
Columbus's main goal.
Find a pathway to India
The name and country of the man who split his country away from the Catholic Church so he could marry his second wife.
Henry VIII of England
How exactly does the Renaissance lead to more European exploration?
New interest in travel, science, and trade.
New technology like map making and compasses and new types of ships
first European explorer to reach India by sea
Vasco da Gama
The encomienda system did what?
Gave Spanish leaders the right to demand taxes and labor from Native Americans
The French were initially interested in _________________ and later became interested in ___________________
A Northwest Passage to Asia
Fur trading and trapping
Bartolome de las Casas was what religion and worked at a ______________ in the "New World"
Catholic
at a Mission
What 2 European nations are the strongest in Exploration in the beginning?
Portugal and Spain
Who are the Vikings?
In the social class pyramid who are the creole people?
Spanish people born in the "New World" versus Spanish people born in Spain (who are slightly higher)
The Dutch were initially interested in ________________ and later became interested in ___________________________
A Northwest Passage to India
exploration of east coast, general trade opportunities, possible settlements
Give two specific examples of the extreme power of the Catholic Church. How did it have influence over exploration?
Treaty of Tordesillas -- Pope will be the judge
Pope as all-powerful leader
controlled daily life in Europe, basically was "The religion"
helped financed major monarchies
Why is the term Columbian Exchange unusual? Explain what the exchange is exactly and why the term is a bit odd.
Exchange of crops, disease, people, animals between three continents
in sounds more neutral than it really is
French religious leader who believes in predestination
Who is John Calvin?
Enslaved Africans worked plantations but also ________________ in Spanish Settlements
in mines
The economic system of mercantilism dominated European thought during this time. Under this system, what two things would a leader want to do to have power?
Maintain the most gold/silver
try to increase their country's exports while decreasing imports
Spanish-- want more Catholic converts
Other Nations-- looking for religious freedom and want to build up their own nations so they can compete with Catholic church
Under the mercantilism system, why did kings want their colonies to trade only with their mother country?
The mother country could buy products much cheaper than from another country. The mother country could sell products for much higher than another country
Basically, this allowed the mother country to make a lot more money