Treaty of Tordesillas Flashcards
What is the treaty of tordesillas?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, dividing the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between the two kingdoms by drawing an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean, essentially granting Spain the right to claim lands west of the line and Portugal the right to claim lands east of it, effectively determining their respective spheres of influence for colonization
What is the Middle Passage
The “Middle Passage” refers to the forced transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, which was part of the triangular trade system, where European goods were exchanged for slaves in Africa, and then those slaves were brought to the Americas to work on plantations; this journey was considered the “middle leg” of the trade route, hence the name “Middle Passage
Who is Zheng He
Zheng He was a Chinese explorer who lead seven great voyages on behalf of the Chinese emperor
Who was Vasco De Gama
Portuguese navigator whose voyages to India (1497–99, 1502–03, 1524) opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
Haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
who was Prince Henry
an important founder of the Portuguese Empire
what is mestizo
Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. …
A Mestizo is a person of mixed European and non-European ancestry.
Who is Bartolomeu Diaz
led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope
