VOCAB
Portugal & Spain
Age of Exploration
Absolutism
100

a small, fast maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails

caravel

100

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world into two halves for which two countries? 

Spain & Portugal

100

What was ONE of the listed reasons for all of the exploration voyages in the 15th & 16th century? 

Inspiration from Marco Polo

Economic reasoning

Gold, Glory, & god

Ability to sail had changed

Advaces in cartography

100

Absolutism refers to...

The period of time where rulers held total power over their countries

200

a leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas

conquistador

200

What country did Vasca da Gama sail for? 

Portugal 

200

A set of economic principles in the 17th century that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver is known as…

Mercantislism

200

The result of the Sun King, King Louis XIV, in France’s rule was…

France being bankrupt

300

the trade of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas

Columbian Exchange

300

Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America were known as ______________ and were considered second-class citizens.

Creoles

300

The Thirty Years war is considered to be the last what?

religious war

300

The Petition of Right passed in England was rejected by King Charles I due to the limits it would have placed on his power. This resulted in…

The Puritans leaving for America

400

forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

Middle Passage

400

The largest impact on the populations of the Inca and Aztec were…

Disease

400

The result of The Seven Years War was…

English gaining control of India

400

The Act of Supremacy declared that Queen Elizabeth I was…

The supreme governor of Church & State

500

The first voyager to sail completely around Africa and to India

Vasco da Gama

500

As a result of the Spanish Inquisition, non-Catholics were...

Forced to convert or go into exile

500

What was one of the impacts of the Columbian Exchange & the Atlantic Slave Trade?

N/A

500

The period of time when the English officially installed a Protestant Monarchy with the Bill of Rights is known as…

The Glorious Revolution