Terms
The line drawn to split up the New World into Spanish and Portuguese territory.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
Name of the first European to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Although he did not publish this theory for fear of punishment from the Church, Copernicus developed what controversial theory.
What is heliocentric theory?
The three major motivations for European Exploration.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
The Spaniard that conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
The economic theory that includes goals such as acquiring significant amounts of gold and silver, establishing a favorable balance of trade, and increasing exports.
What is mercantilism?
Portuguese man who is credited with starting a school for navigation.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
A new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observations and a willingness to question accepted beliefs.
What is the Scientific Method?
The first two European nations to launch voyages of exploration.
Who were Portugal and Spain?
Name of the Treaty that gave the Spanish Empire more land than the Portuguese Empire in the Americas.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Model of the universe that says the sun is at the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric model?
This explorer sailed west from Spain in order to find an alternate route to India, but never made it.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
List the three causes of the Scientific Revolution.
What are Reformation, Renaissance, and Exploration?
The group that was the highest in the Spanish colonial social hierarchy.
Who were the Peninsulares?
In Brazil, the greatest number of slaves were originally imported for labor in the __________ plantations.
What are sugar plantations?
To discourage challenges and maintain control, the church led _______________ and excommunicated heretics.
What are Inquisitions?
The explorer responsible for conquering the Inca Empire for Spain
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
Theory that the Earth was the center of the universe and all planets revolve around Earth.
What is Geocentrism?
New type of ship that had a deeper hull for balance and carrying more treasure/supplies.
What is the caravel?
The exchange of food and animals between the New World and Old World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The voyage across the Atlantic that took slaves from Africa to the New World was known as __________________.
What is the Middle Passage?
The man charged with heresy, tried in an inquisition, and placed on house arrest for the rest of his life for supporting the heliocentric theory?
Who is Galileo Galilee?
This man used experimentation and observation to develop the 3 Laws of Gravity.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The area of the New World that the greatest number of slaves were taken to.
What is Brazil?
List one role colonies played in mercantilism.
What is provided raw goods for mother countries/market for mother country to sell goods in?