confusing Flashcards
inca
- the Inca controlled an empire on the Andes Mountain region South America
- building terrace
- , empire,
- polytheistic,
- has medical advances
aztec
- were nomadic hunters and gatherers
- that lived in what is now the northwest desert of Mexico
- polytheistic,
- lived valley of mexico,
- capital: technoctilan and it was built on an island
- created an empire through conquests,
- built temples and pyramids,
- did human sacrifices
- conquered by spainards
mesoamerica
- is Mexico and Central America
- is where the Mayan and Aztecs were formed
hieroglyphics
a writing system made out of pictures and symbols used by the Mayans
Andes Mountains
where the Inca lived
circumnavigate
to sail completely around the world
new world
- America
- Christopher Columbus thought it was Indian because he was supposed to be sailing for India
- new land
spice islands
- present day Indonesia
- center of trade centers,
- trade routes,
- northern, central, and southern go from venice genoa
West Indies
15 to 20 million Indians
Caribbean
east indies
1 million Indians
Spice Islands
triangular trade
exchange of goods and slaves across the Atlantic Ocean between Africa, the Americas, and Europe
monopoly
the gaining of control of market
venice
where the Northern, Central, and Southern routes ended
genoa
where the Northern, Central, and Southern routes ended
northern, central, southern route
trade routes used to bring products o the East back to Europe
cathay
where Marco Polo and his uncle had stayed at the court of Kubia, Khan
crusades
- military expeditions sent by the Pope to capture the Holy Land from people called Muslim Turks
- they didnt get the holy land but they learned how to make better ships and maps
polo
Italian traveler in China
da gama
Portuguese explorer that sailed around the cape to India
dias
discovered cape of Good Hope and Indian Ocean
columbus
Italian explorer sailing for Spain who reached America in 1492
mercantilism
economic policy based on the idea that a nation’s power depends on its wealth
positive effects of exploration
- culture
- trade routes
- obtaining new allies
- Christianity
- animals/products
- manufactured goods
- technology
negative effects of exploration
- pirates
- war for land
- disease spread
- kill people with plague
- plague caused by rats
- fear
maya
- mesoamerican civilization
- that reached its height between A.D 250 and 900
- polytheistic
- made of city-states,
- created 365 day calender
causes of European exploration
- Renaissance spirit of curiosity
- search for new trade routes
- desire for adventure, glory, and riches
- search for converts to Christianity
effects of European exploration
- Europeans reach the Americas
- Europeans settlement of the Americas
- expanded knowledge of world geography
- development to trade and growth of the middle class
- conflict with American I
