Us History Unit 1

terms

Age of exploration

Age of Discovery synonym

15-16th century

When did Age of Discovery Take Place

Expand empire, mercantilism, spheres of influence

Reasons to expand empire?

Most influential explorer because found new land starting Age of exploration

Columbus

Monarchs of Spain

Who sponsored Columbus’s voyages

Mercenary (sold himself to highest bidder to explore for them)

Columbus was a ?

Portugal and Spain

Who were first countries in Age of exploration

Line that divided trading routes between Spain and Portugal

Line of Demarcation

Treaty for Portugal to be satisfied (adjust) with line of demarcation to avoid conflict

Treaty of Tordesillas

Explorer whose crew (he died) that Earth wasn’t flat by circumnavigating (traveling the world)

Ferdinand Magellan

Europe, Asia, Africa

Old World

Americas

New World

a cartographer: Amerigo Vespucci

Who were americas named after

Leif Ericcson (viking) not officially documented

Who probaby first saw North America

Francisco Pizaro

who conquered Incas

Hernan Cortes; aided because spanish were believed to be gods due to advanced tech

Who conquered Aztecs

Maya inca aztec

3 dynasties (long rule) of america

Things that can be bought sold or traded

Commodities

Commodities (most valuble was bullion; blocks of gold and silver

Cargos are filled with loads of?

Was North America connected to Asia by a land bridge and what was it called

Yes;Bering Straight

Indigenous People

Native to the land

Water highway in Transatlantic Slavery (used to get to old world to new world)

Atlantic Ocean

Who started transatlantic slave trade

Portuguese

What did powers use to justify slave trade

Christianity/the bible/religion (wanted to “save” blacks using religion ex: white mans burden)

Who passed Portuguese

Great Britain; bceause they were most technolgically advanced; major powers had caravel (lighter, faster ship).

who first banned slavery

Britain; used religion to abolish (great awakening); ironic

How did slaves get sold

Usually kingdom captured slaves and sold them to maintain superiority (they got guns and gunpowder which gave power)

what types of people were slaves

POW (prisoners of war), kidnapped people, disabled people, some sold their children as slaves

Water highway traveled

Clockwise (because thats how the current worked in Atlantic)

Where was hotspot for slave trade

Guinea Coast (west coast of africa)

Caravels

ships great powers used to explore (faster, lighter, better)