Vocab Flashcards
Conquistador
Name for the Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the America for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
Colombian exchange
A widespread echange of animals , plants, culture, Humana population, communicable disses ,technology and ideas between American and Afro
Mercantilism
Policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver
Capitalism
Economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit
Small pox
Infection disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants virola major and virola minor
Triangular trade
Colonial trade route among Europe and it’s colonies, the West Indies, and African in which goods were exchanged for slave
Middle passage
The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from west African to the West Indies
Old world
Belonging to or associated with former times esp. When considered a variant and attractive
New world
Western Hemisphere : hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Slave
A person who is the legal property of another and I’d forced to obey them
Indentured servant
A form of debt bondage, establish in the early years of the America colonies and else where
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator who discovered the new world in the service of Spain while looking for a route to china
Hernan Cortez
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima
Treaty of tordesillas
A treaty signed at tordesillas, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain
