chapter 14 Flashcards
motives for expansion
god, glory, gold
two main trading objects
precious metals, spices
agrarian society
based on agriculture
marco polo
traveled and made europeans excited to go to aisa
portolani
charts used for navigation among coastlines
motive for exploration
economic
spanish exploration of the new world exemplified by
rounding the tip of south america
the nation that took over spice trade from portugal
dutch
most famous map projection
gerard us mercator
vasco da gama
made it to india
reason for portuguese success
guns and seamanship
conquistador
leaders in the spanish conquest of america
treaty of tordesillas
dived up new weld into west Spanish and east portuguese
factor that helped spain conquer
disease
who were the aztecs conquered by
cortez