Chap 14

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

“Spanish for conqueror; Spanish soldier explorers, such as Hernando Cortes and Francisco Pizarro who sought to conquer the New World for the Spanish crown.”

Question 2

Caravel

Answer 2

“A small, maneuverable, three-mast ship developed by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade.”

Question 3

Ptolemy’s Geography

Answer 3

“A second-century C.E. that synthesized the the classical knowledge of geography and introduced the concepts of longitude and the latitude. Reintroduced to Europeans in the 1410 by Arab scholars its ideas allowed cartographers create more accurate maps.”

Question 4

Treaty Of Tordesillas

Answer 4

“The 1994 agreement that everything west of an imaginary line drawn down the Atlantic and giving Portugal everything to the east.”

Question 5

Mexica Empire

Answer 5

“Also known as the Aztec empire, a large and complex Native American civilization in modern Mexico and Central America that possessed advanced mathematical, astrological, and engineering technology.”

Question 6

Inca Empire

Answer 6

“The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered around its capital Cuzco that as at its peak from 1438 to 1532”

Question 7

Viceroyalties

Answer 7

“The name for the four administrative units of Spanish possessions the Americas; New Spain, Peru New Granada, La Plata.”

Question 8

Encomienda System

Answer 8

” A system by which the Spanish crown granted conquerors he right to forcibly employ groups of Indians in exchange for providing food, shelter, and Christion teachings.”

Question 9

Columbian Exchange

Answer 9

“The exchange of plants, animals and diseases between the new and old worlds.”