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Kicklighter World History Test 3
Chapter 15
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/30/2010

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Prince Henry the Navigator
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  • funded and supported those who could go south(India/China to Constantinople)
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Bartholomew Dias
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  • sailed from Spain to South Africa(Cape of Good Hope)
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Vasco da Gama
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  • traveled all the way around Africa and went to India
  • brought Jesuits to promote Christianity
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Cape of Good Hope
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  • very bottom of Africa where Dias first sailed to
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The Colombian Exchange
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  • was the enourmous wedespread exchange of animals, foods, human populations(slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas
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Christopher Columbus
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  • took the first voyage to the New World(Cuba)
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The Flota System
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  • a convoy system adopted by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790
  • general purpose fleets used for transporting a wede variety of items, including agricultural goods and sometimes even llumber, manufactures and various metal resources and luxuries, most famously silver and gold
  • also gems, pearls, spices, sugar, tobacco, silk, and other exotic goods from the Spanish colonies to Spain
  • Manufactures such as tools and other everyday items as well as Spanish emigrants were transported in the opposite direction
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Ferdinand Magellan
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  • did the first circumnavigation of the globe
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Amerigo Vespucci
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  • was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer
  • the conitent of America is popularly believed to have derived its name from the Latin version of his first name
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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  • peace between Spain and Portugal that divided the New World into West(Spain) and East(Portugal)
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Pope Alexander VI
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  • became a prime example of the debased standards of the Papacy of the era
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Mercantilism
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  • economic theory that holds that the prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is unchangeable.
  • economic assets or capital are represented by bullion(gold, silver, and trade value) held by the state, which is best increased through a positive balance of trade with other nations
  • suggests that the ruling government should advance these goals by playing a protectionist role in the economy
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Conquistadores
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  • the establishment of Spanish rule in central and south America
  • conqueror
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Encomienda
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  • a trusteeship lavor system that was employed by the Spanish crown during the Spanish conolization of the Americas and the Philippines
  • in this, the crown granted a person a specified number of natives for whom they were to take responsibility
  • receiver of  the grant was to instruct the natives in the Spanish language an d in the Catholic faith
  • in return, they could exact tribute from the natives in the form of labor, gold, or other products
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Aztecs
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  • People of Central America
  • found by Cortes
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Incas
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  • People of modern day Peru
  • found by Pizarro
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Hacienda
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  • Spanish for estate
  • could be plantations, mines, or factories
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God, Gold, and Glory
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  • the motivating factors for the Spanish conquistadores
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The Black Legend
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  • ideas that described the Spanish imperialism in the New World with negative bias
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Ferdinand  and Isabella of Spain
Definition
  • their marraige initiated the unification of Spain
  • Supported Christopher Columbus in his explorations
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Repartimiento
Definition
  • forced labor system imposed on the indigenous peoples of Spanish America
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Peninsulares
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  • a Spanish-born man or woman living in the  New World
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Dona Marina
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  • played a crucial role in the Spanish conquest of Mexico
  • served as an interpreter and advisor to Hernan Cortes
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Montezuma
Definition
  • Aztec emperor
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