Exploration And Early Civilization Flashcards
Henry Hudson
Explored what would later be named the Hudson River.
Many voyages before that were unsuccessful. Dutch grew interested and he reached New York
Hernando Cortez
Captured and defeated the Aztecs
Henry the Navigator
First to suggest a route around Africa to Asia
Francisco Pizaro
Conquered and defeated the Inca’s in Peru
Bartholamew Diaz and Vasco da Gama
First to sail around Africa to India
Peter Stuyvesant
Arrives in New Amsterdam as governor of New Netherland
Conquistadors
Conquerers
Columbian Exchange
The exchange from goods in the new world to the new world and from the new world to the old world
Age of Discovery
1450-1650
The age where people discover America
Colony
An area of land that is being controlled by another area of land
Crusades
Holy wars
Northwest Passage
Water route through or around North America
Primary source
A written source from the perspective of a witness or the actual person
Middle Passage
500 A.D.- 1350 AD
Where slaves where brought from Africa to the English colonies against their will.
The three Gs
Gold
Glory
God