AP Euro Vocab

Samuel de Champlain

French explorer who founded Quebec and helped establish New France (Founded Quebec)

Bartolomé de las Casas

Spanish priest who criticized the mistreatment of Native Americans by Spanish colonists (Defended Native Americans)

Cartography

The science and art of making maps, which helped European exploration (Mapmaking)

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian explorer who recognized the Americas as a New World separate from Asia (America named after him)

Portolani

Detailed sailing charts showing coastlines, ports, and distances (navigation maps)

Hernán Cortés

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire and helped establish New Spain (Conquered the Aztecs)

Immunity

The ability to resist a disease. Europeans had resistance to diseases that were deadly to many Native Americans (immunity to diseases)

Mercantilism

Economic system where countries used trade and colonies to increase their wealth and power (Colonies = wealth)

Encomienda

Spanish system that allowed colonists to demand labor from Native Americans (Forced Native labor)

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Spanish explorer who crossed Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean (Reached the Pacific)