European exploration and the slave trade

Henery the navigator

Portuguese prince who saw a great promise to Africa claim parts of Africa he led the way when the Europeans started exploring valuable trade goods

Ferdinand Magellan

His crew was the first to navigate the globe. named the Pacific Ocean

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer hired from spain. He found the Carribeen. He also found a route to previously unknow continets, North and South America

Hernan Cortres

was a Spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico from 1519. He captured the city Tenochiate.

Taino

Natvie of the west indies

Malinche

a young Indian woman who served as translator and advisor to Hernan Cortés

Line of Demarcation

This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America

Treaty of Tordesillas Divided the non- europeans world into two zone

Ohio Valley

Main territory the French and British fought over during the French and Indian War (A territory in North america owned by the french)

Mercantilism

policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver

Who largely supported the Dutch East India Company? How did this make the more successful than the British East

The Dutch East India Company had support of government. they were supplied with government powers, financial aid, and soldiers. They could make decisions on behalf on the Dutch government. The government did not have these powers.

Name two reasons why the Mughal Empire declined in India?

1. civil war drained Mughal resources 2. increase in taxes