chapter 2 Flashcards
the way goods were brought to the Middle East
caravan
made up of two countries; Spain & Portugal
Iberian Peninsula
an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing
compass
when sailor set the sail at an angle to the wind
tacking
a ship the Portuguese constructed, had large triangular sails
caravel
invention that let sailors find the angle of the sun on a particular day at a particular latitude
quadrant
measures distance from the equator
latitude
the first European to sail around Africa’s southern tip
Bartolomeu Dias
sailed in 1492, thought he was in the Indies, but discovered an island in America
Christopher Columbus
a leader in the Roman Catholic church
bishop
a German monk who brought change to the Roman Catholic Church
Martin Luther
New Amsterdam’s Governor in 1647
Peter Stuyvesant
A colony the English founded, but many of the colonists would not work
Jamestown
the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeak Bay Area
Powhatan
made the colonists in Jamestown work in the fields
John Smith
chief Powhatan’s daughter, saved John Smith’s life
Pocahontas
person from Africa that agreed to work for a period of time to pay off a debt
indentured servants
wanted to change the church of England, didn’t think prayers should be read out of a book, but should come from the heart
Puritians
didn’t think the church of England would change, so they stared their own church
separatists
ship the Pilgrims used to sail across the Atlantic
Mayflower
the new rule of government in Plymouth
Mayflower compact
what the Pilgrims named their new colony
Plymouth
the first town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem
