Thanksgiving Chapter 15 Flashcards
What country created a trading empire in Africa and the Indian Ocean?
Portugal
Who explored and settled the eastern Pacific?
Polynesians
What did the Portuguese use to consolidate a trade empire in the Indian Ocean?
Military force
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Corteś
Who conquered the Inkas?
The Spanish
Where were people settling around 1600?
Polynesians in pacific islands
Why could the sweet potato be a staple crop in the Polynesian diet?
They could sail to South America and back
Who were the greatest of the Atlantic Mariners in the Middle Ages?
Vikings
Which commander reached Africa?
Zheng He
Where did the Vikings settle besides Iceland and Greenland?
Newfoundland
Where did the Arawak settle?
Bahamas and the Greater Antilles
What divided the world between Spain and Portugal?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Portugal and Spain’s success in exploring the Atlantic Ocean and the colonization in the new world led to what?
Them becoming the wealthiest nations in Europe in the 1500s
What did Portuguese explorers of the Indian Ocean benefit from?
Caravels
What was the Portuguese able to control?
Indian Ocean trade
