Spain Flashcards
The most important guy ever
Christopher Colombus
Who gives colombus three ships in 1492 (end of reconquista)
Isabel
How many journeys to the new world did he do?
At one point where does he think hes arrived at?
Four journeys
India
How does trans atlantic trade shift things?
shifts trade from the mediterranean to the atlantic
How does this impact western europe?
Becomes the center of the world
What does this eventually all lead to
world wide trade
What does Ferdinand and Isabella want? What makes them powerful?
Reconquista makes them more powerful and they want to spread religion
(review) what is reconquista
long series of wars and battles between the Christian Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors for control of the Iberian (spanish) Peninsula. It lasted for a good portion of the Middle Ages from 718 to 1492.
Treaty of Todesillas
Spain and Portugal split New world
Line of demarcation
Who got west / east
Portugal and Spain split line
Portugal
West side: Spain
East: Portugal
who is Ferdinand Magellan
explorer who organised the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth,
Circumnavigation
Sailing all the way around the world
What does Magellan proceed to do , what happens to him
He gets to phillipines and dies
how does the discovery of phillipines impact trade?
Once they take over phillipines, great location for trade with China —-> Spanish trade with east asia (SPICE!!!)
conquistadors (conquerer) of New world : how did the spanish take over?
Cortes (legistative assembly of spain) goes there,
they have GUNS AND STEEL and SMALL POX
–> wipes out native Americans (Aztexs)
