Spain
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos/Mulattos, Native/African Slaves
What was the social structure of the Spanish in the "New World?"
Fur Trade
What is the reason the French settled in the "New World"?
an invention that allowed for maps to be mass produced beginning in 1450 AD.
What is the printing press?
the elimination of a race of people
what is a genocide?
Queen Isabella of Spain
Who sponsored Columbus and his voyages to the New World?
enslavement of native people, natives were killed by diseases, and warfare, and beginning of African slavery in the New World
What is the result of the Spain's empire in the New World
England's most famous privateer
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
high taxes and unfriendly rulers
What is the reason why new trade routes to the "Indies" (Indian & China) was needed?
a system in which people/groups are ranked according to statues, authority or race.
What is a hierarchy?
Leif Erickson
Who was the first European explorer to reach the Americas?
The spread of small pox through the Aztec and Inca Empire.
What is the number one reason why the Aztec and Inca empires fell to the Spanish conquistadors?
A myth of a route to sail north and west across the Atlantic Ocean and through North America waters to reach Asia
What is the Northwest passage?
Spain, Portugal, France, England and the Netherlands
What are the strong and wealthy nations that developed during the Age of Exploration?
Spanish explorer
What is a conquistador?
The Fountain of Youth
What was Ponce de Leon looking for?
Spanish characteristics in language, food, religion, and architecture remain in Central and South America.
What is the Spanish legacy in the Americas?
Jealous of Spain's wealth, this country funded privateers to raid Spanish ships for their cargo
What is the English government?
a turning point in history because each continent was forever changed with the arrival of new diseases, animals and fruits/vegetables.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
mapmaking
What is cartography?
Henry Hudson
Who is the explorer that explored the Hudson River and was not sponsored by Spain?
Conquistadors formed alliances with enemies of the Aztec and Incas, millions of Natives died due to European diseases and technology such as steel swords, and guns
How did the Spanish defeat the Aztec and the Incas?
The Renaissance and Enlightenment
What two time periods changed the way Europeans thought in the 1400 and 1500s?
laws issued by the Spanish Crown for their conquest of the New World.
What is the Laws of the Indies?
an instrument used to navigate allowing an explorer to find latitude using stars
What is an astrolabe?
Ferdinand Magellan
Who is the explorer to first to circumnavigate the world?