Briski Euro- Age of Exploration Terms

Bullion

gold and silver in the form of bars (taken from Aztecs and Incas)

Hacienda

Spanish estates in the Americas that were often plantations.

Vasco de gama

portuguese explorer that reached india

Encomienda

A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it

Columbian Exchange

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages; benefited the Old World due to discovery of cash crops (tobacco, sugar, etc) and food that would lead to population growth

Bartolome' de Las Casas

Spanish missionary who became a Dominican friar who was the first European to speak out against the oppression of the natives of Latin America

Treaty of Tordesillas

line of demarcation