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Mr. MarshallChapter2
For 2nd chapter vocab
Question | Answer |
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conquistador | Spanish solider that explored the Americas and claimed land for Spain |
Hernando Cortes | Conquistador who brought the Aztecs to ruin |
Christoper Columbus | Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia |
Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide lands of the western hemisphere between them and moved the line of Demarcation to the west |
mercantilism | economic system that increased money in a country's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade |
Amerigo Vespucci | Italian sailor who explored what is now the Americas |
Franciso Pizarro | conquistador who defeated the Inca |
missionary | person sent by the church to convert native Americas to christianity |
alliance | people or nations involved in a pact or treaty |
Henry Hudson | English explorer who sailed fot the Dutch and landed at the coast of present day New York |
John Cabot | Italian sailor who sailed for English and is believed to have landed in Newfoundland, Canada |
Giovanni da Verrazzano | Italian sailor who sailed for the French with hopes of finding an all-water route to Asia |
Jacques Cartier | French sailor who sailed up the St. Lawrence river to present-day Montieal |
Spanish Arimado | Large fleets of ships sent to invade England and restore catholicism |
Samual de Champlain | Founder of fur-trading post at Quebec |
New France | First permanent French colony in North America |
New Netherland | first permanent Dutch colony in North America |
Galleon | Sailing ship |
Slavery | the practice of one person being owned by another person |
Middle passage | middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought captured Africans to the Americans to serve as slaves |
Slave codes | law passed to regulate the treatment of slaves |
racism | belief that some people are inferior because of their race |
maroon | runaway or fugitive slave |
encomienda | grant of Native AAmerican slave labor |
Haclenda | Large farm or estate |
Mission | settlement created by the Spanish church in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity |
Bartolome de Las Casas | Spaniard who fought for Native American rights |
Columbian Exchange | Transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Western and Eastern hemispheres |
Plantation | Large farm that raises cash and crops |
Export | To send abroad for trade or sale |