Chapter 14: Exploration Flashcards
Bartholomew Dias
Tried to use westerly winds in the south atlantic to round the Cape of Good Hope but turned back because he feared a mutiny from his crew
Prince Henry the Navigator
Wanted to spread Christianity
Funded a school for navigators
Vasco de Gama
Rounded the cape of good hope he went to calicut in search for “Christians and spices”
Brought ginger and cinnamon
Christopher Columbus
Went in search of reaching Asia by sailing west
Found americas
Was financed by Queen Isabella of Spain
Ferdinand Magellan
Sailed across the pacific ocean and reached the phillpines and died by the natives
First known circumnavigation of earth
Treaty of Tordesillas
Divided up the Americas into separate Spanish and Portuguese ruled lands
Hernan Cortes
Led several hundred soldiers and 1000’s indian allies and conquered the aztec empire
Francisco Pizzaro
Took a small group of soldiers and destroyed the incan empire died seized as much money as possible
Killed by conquistadors
The Triangular Trade
A trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Europeans brought goods to Africa that were traded for slaves, the slaves were shipped to america and sold, European merchants used this money to buy american goods that were to be sold in Europe
Dutch East India Company
Trading company established under the government sponsorship
Settlement in southern Africa
Spice islands
British East India Company
Received the authority to collect taxes from the lands in the area of Calcutta
The transfer of all the indian subcontinent marked a major step
Navigation Acts
Requited what could be taken and sold to the colonies
Provided a balance of trade favorable to the british
Joint Stock Trading Company
Individuals bought shares in a company and received dividends on their investment while a board of directors ran the company
Mercantilism
The total volume of trade was unchangeable
Term use to identify a set of economic tendencies
