PEOPLE
Sailed WEST to reach Asia
Old World
Africa, Europe, Asia
"draft" of native slave laborers
Encomienda
What is ONE reason why Portugal wanted to explore:
Gold, Christians, Reach India
ECONOMIC detail:
Mine for silver
Sailed west and accidentally lands in Brazil
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
New World
North and South America
New faster and smaller ship for exploration
Caravel
BIGGEST impact of the Columbian Exchange on the New World
SOCIAL detail:
Natives forced to be slaves
1st to go around Africa and reach the Indian Ocean
Bartolomeu Dias
Open to trade with Portugal
West Africa
Inquisition
BIGGEST impact on the OLD WORLD from the Columbian Exchange
Population INCREASE
Mixed ethnicity between Spanish and Native
Mestizo
Spanish Conquistador in Mexico
Hernan Cortes
Suspicious of the Portuguese
East Africa
War for Independence from Muslims in Spain
Reconquista
WHY was Portugal NOT able to conquer and make colonies in Africa and Asia?
The people did not die of disease due to immunity
RELIGIOUS detail:
Catholic Church using missionaries to convert natives
Incan Emperor killed by Pizarro
Atahuallpa
Capital City of Aztecs that becomes Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Forcing 1/7th of the natives to work in mines
Mita
Reaction of Portugal to being laughed at by India
Bomb and control all trade in the Indian Ocean
Member of the Catholic Church who fought for the rights of natives
Bartolome de las Casas