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Motivations for exploring
Win converts for Christianity
What two empires did the Spanish conquer?
Aztecs and Incans
What term is used for the transfer of animals, foods, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres?
Columbian Exchange
The science of making maps and globes
cartography
Are members of a religious order who encourage people to convert to a particular religion
missionary
Who was the European to make contact with Africa
Prince Henry the Navigator
What had weakened the Incan empire before the Spanish conquered it?
a. drought and famine
b. an earthquake
c. disease and war
d. a volcanic eruption
Name a few exchanges that happened during the Columbian Exchange
crops, animals, people, ideas, technology and diseases
One in which prices and the distribution of goods are based on competition in a market
Market economy
Precious metals melted into bars
bullion
Who was the First Europeans to sail around the Cape of Good Hope at the Southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
What was the capital city of the Aztec Empire?
Tenochtitlan
1500s- why did inflation happen?
Inflation happened due to an increase in the demand for goods
-Rapid population growth
-Enormous flow of gold and silver from the Americans into Europe
A series of knotted strings on which the Incas recorded information such as counts of people and goods and Incan history
quipu
A rise in prices and an increase in available cash
inflation
Sailors in the 1400s and the 1500s were better able to naigate open waters because of which tool?
A. A caravel
B. Portolan maps
C. Wind and currents
D. A magnetic compass and an astrolabe
D. A magnetic compass and an astrolabe
How did the Spanish conquest affect culture in the Americas?
The Spanish, Native American, and African cultures blended over time (cultural blending)
a. establish more colonies
B. convert Indians to Christianity
c. repay money borrowed from European monarchs
d. invest in their own business
The Spanish explorers and soldiers who conquered territory
conquistador
The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
Columbian Exchange
Who circumnavigated and confirmed a southwest passage to Asia?
Ferdinand Magellan
What happened when Cortes and Allies Defeated the Aztecs? Talk about the events on your review sheet
1519- Sailed to Mexico to conquer the Aztecs
Aztecs and Spaniards were friendly at first- then tensions grew
By 1521- The Spanish had seized Tenochtitlan
Who introduced horses, cows, pigs, goats, and chickens to the Americas and how were horses used?
Christopher Columbus, Native Americans began using horses for hunting and warfare
An economic system in which business is privately owned and operated for profit
capitalism
circumnavigate
To sail completely around the world