Sc-t Revolutiom Flashcards
Conquistador
: a leader in the Spanish conquests of America, Mexico, and Peru in the 16th century
Columbian exchange
iscover the goods traded between the Americas and Europe — including produce, plants, and animals — thanks to Columbus’ voyages.
Mercantillsm
an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation’’s wealth by government regulation of all of the nation’’s commercial interests
Capitalism
an economic system based on private ownership of capital
Small pox
a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars
Triangular trade
a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
Middle passage
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
Old world
The Eastern Hemisphere. The term is often used to refer specifically to Europe.
New world
western hemisphere: the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
Indentured servant
: a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance
Christopher com
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer, born in the Republic of Genoa (Italy). Wikipedia
Herman Cortez
Cortes: Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
Francisco p
Pizarro: Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what
The Treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed at Tordesillas on 7 June 1494 and authenticated at Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. …
