Euro History test 2

countries sought faster ways to reach trade markes of where?

india and china

what lured travelers?

chinas silk and indias spices

what year did the fall of constantinople occur?

1453

who did the ottoman turks impose heavy taxes on?

travelers

why did countries seek an all water route to the east

speed, safety and to save money

what are the 3 G's?

God (christianity)

Glory ( the empire)

Gold (riches)

who established navigation schools?

prince henry of portugal

what did prince henry of portugal teach?

how to use the astrolabe, and how to follow the stars

what was prince henry of portugal know as?

henry the navigator

who became the first explorer to reach india by sailing around AFRICA?

vasco da gama

who was an italian explorer who sailed for SPAIN?

christopher columbus

christopher columbus believed?

the earth was round; sailing west would reach india faster than traveling around africa

who agreed to fund christopher columbuss venture?

queen isabella and king ferdinand

what year did christopher set sail?

1492

what island of the bahamas did christopher land on?

san salvador

where did christopher columbus believe he was?

india

what did christopher call the people in san salvador mistakenly?

indians

who was the italian explorer who set sail to further colombus' discoveries in 1497?

amerigo vespucci

columbus didnt discover india but what?

an entire new contienent

what did they name the new contienent columbus disovered?

americas

amerigo vespucci became obsessed with finding the mysterious what?

fountain of youth

what does amerigo discover instead of the fountain of youth?

florida

which spanish explorer disocovered the mississippi river?

hernando de soto

whos crew what the first to circumnavigate the globe?

ferdinand magellan

ferdinand magellans crew proved the world is what?

round

where was ferdidnand magellan killed?

a tribe in the phillipines

who sailed for england claiming most of modern day north america for ENGLAND?

john cabot

john cabots sailing lead to the establishment of what?

13 english colonies in the new world

what did the 13 english colonies become?

the united states

who spent their life looking for the NORTHWEST route to india

dutchmen henry hudson

why does henry hudson fail in his expedition?

a northwest route to india does not exist

what does henry hudson disocover instead?

most of canada

what does henry hudson name after himself?

the hudson bay

who claimed the entirety of the mississippi river for france?

sieur de la salle

what does la salle name the area after?

lousiana after king louis xiv

who conquered mexico and defeated the aztec empire?

hernando cortez

who defeated the inca empire in modern day peru?

francisco pizzaro

what is the encomienda system?

a system of labor where conquered peoples were forced to work as slaves

who was forced into farming or mining the land?

native people

what was the top class?

the peninsular

who was included in the peninsular class?

european born white people living in the americas

what did the peninsular class do?

ran all government positions and are in charge

what is the second class?

creole

who was included in the creole class?

white people born in the americas

what were white people born in europe compared to born in the americas?

superior

what was the 3rd class?

mestizos

who was included in the mesitzos class?

people whoes parents are native american and white

what was the 4th class?

mulattos

who was included in the mulattos class?

a person whose parenst are black and white

who formed the final class at the bottom?

enslaved native americans