The Age Of Discovery Flashcards
Conquistador
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
Colony
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Mercanilism
belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Balance of trade
the difference in value between a country’s imports and exports.
The compass
an instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
Joint stock company
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
Triangular trade
a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.
Columbian exchange
The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds.
Middle passage
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
Treaty of tordesillas
agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers.
Henry the navigator
was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire.
Christopher Columbus
An Italian explorer responsible for the European discovery of America in 1492.
Vasco de Gamma
Portuguese explorer.
Hernan Cortes
Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
Zheng He
formerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during China’s early Ming dynasty.
