Chapter 17 and 18 Flashcards
How was hold a motivation for exploration
Increase trade profits and to find gold
The three g’s
Gold
Glory
God
How was glory a motivation for exploration
Sense of adventure
How was god a motivation for exploration
Spanish explorers were mandated to make sure that the indigenous people were “introduced into and instructed in the holy Catholic faith”
What was a caraver
A Portuguese ship that is faster than traditional sailing vessel with a large cargo hold for carrying goods
What was a lanteen sails
(Aka triangle sails) that allowed ships to sail against the wind. This design was adopted from the Muslims
Where was the magnet compass invented and adopted
It was first invented in China. It was first adopted by muslim sailors and later the west
How many men did hernan Cortes have
550
Who were the first people conquered by the Spanish during the Spanish conquistadors
Aztecs
At first Cortes is welcomed by the Aztec emperor ________. But eventually the Spanish take him hostage and do what?
Montezuma
Sack the city
How many men did the leader Francisco Pizarro
180
The Spanish took advantage of what when the quickly conquered the inca empire
The ongoing civil war
What was the second group conquered
Incas
Why were these places so easily conquered by the Spanish
Technology and disease
What types of technologies did the Spanish use
Steel weapons
Firearms
Canons
Horses
How were diseases used to easily conquer the people
Indigenous people had no immunity for western diseases the Spanish brought like small pox and typhus
England established dominance where?
in the Atlantic Coast of North America from florida to greenland
England established
colonies
the Netherlands was quickly overrun by
the English (New York)
Netherlands established
trading posts
france took dominance in
Quebec and Lousiana
france established
trading posts that become colonies later
what nation was marco polo from and what were his “regions”
Venice
“exotic East”
Hernan Cortes
Spain
Mexico