Chapter 14

Question 1

Conquistador

Answer 1

Spanish for conqueror Spanish soldiersexplorers 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 mass sailing chip developed by the Portuguese in the 5th century that gave the Portuguese a distinct advantage in exploration and trade.

Question 3

Ptolemy’s geography

Answer 3

A second century - c.e. work that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced the concepts of longitude and latitude reintroduced to Europeans about 1410 by Arab scholars it’s ideas allowed cartographers to create more accurate maps

Question 4

Treaty of tordesillas

Answer 4

It’s in 1494 agreement giving Spain everything to the 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 simulation in modern Mexico in Central America that possess advanced mathematical astronomical engineering technology.

Question 6

Inca empire

Answer 6

The vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire-centered at the capital city of Cusco that was at its peak from 1438 until 1532

Question 7

Viceroyalties

Answer 7

The name for the for it administrative units of Spanish possessions in the Americas: New Spain, Peru, new Granada, and la Plata

Question 8

encomienda system

Answer 8

A system whereby the Spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians in exchange for providing food, shelter, and Christian teaching.

Question 9

Colombian exchange

Answer 9

At the exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between the Old and the New Worlds