Stupid Flashcards
Caravel
Small fast maneuverable ship
Maps
Accurate, better wind patterns
Magnetic compass
Looked north, knew where they going
Henry the Navigator
Sponsored explorers, went on them for their adventures
Vasco de gama
Sails to India to bring back spices
Ferdinand Magellan
Sails completely around the globe
Christopher. Columbus
1492- Atlantic, Isabella and Ferdinand, thought he was in asia
Conquistador
Spanish, conquered Mexico or peru
Hernan Cortez
Defeated Aztec, brings European disease
Aztec
Rich, powerful, chinampas, technochtilan, lake titty kaka, human sacrifices
Montezuma
Ruler of Aztecs, monarch
Inca
Powerful, rope buildings, messenger, smallpox, Cuzco-Lima
Francisco Pizarro
Land in South America bring disease, kills inca
Peninsulare
Born in Iberian peninsula, lived in America, returned to europe
Creoles
Descendants of europeans
Mestizos
Person of mixed European/ native descentd
Mulatos
Person of mixed African, nativess
Encomienda
System of labor used by Spanish in Mexico for the natives
Mita
System of labor used by Spanish in Peru - draft natives to worke
Triangular trade
Africa. USA. Europe
Slave trade. Raw materials
Manufactured goods
Colombian exchange
New food, religion, new animals, weapons, disease, slavery
Slave trade
Families torn apart, bottom of ships, women raped, disease, crowded,
1807: outlawed
Essay: 3 effects
- Intro to animals and plants
- Spread of disease and religion
- Trade and trade routes