Exploration Flashcards
Sailed for the Spanish,Italian himself landed in Mexico
Christopher Columbus
A light fast sailing ship
Caravel
Crew sailed all the way around world he didn’t make it
Magellan
Portuguese, sailed around Africa to India
Vasco da Gama
English sailed around the world later led the English armada to victory
Sir Francis Drake of England
Or sail completely around the world
Circumnavigate
In this system, a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of native Americans to work the land in exchange U had to teach them Christianity
Encomienda
Led a conquest of the Aztec empire
Hernán cortés
A Spanish conquered of Indians
Conquistador
Aztec emperor who was in charge
Moctezuma 2
Led conquest of the inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
In a emperor
Atahualpa
Spanish kings chose officials, each of whom ruled a large area in the Kings name
Viceroys
Wanted better treatment of native people by the Spanish
Priest Bartolomé de las Casas
In 1494, drew an imaginary line through the Atlantic splitting the new world up between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of tordesillas