circumnavigate
Travel all the way around the earth
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.
strait
A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Line of Demarcation/Treaty of Tordesillas
invisible line created by Pope Alexander VI to make peace between Spain and Portugal. In signing the treaty Spain agreed that the land west of the line could be claimed by Spain, while the east was Portugal's. Brazil was only region in the Americas to go to Portugal.
Technology
Application of science to help people
Plantation
a large farm, usually worked by many laborers
Mosque
A Muslim place of worship
mission
A religious settlement-- work to convert people to Christianity
Renaissance
"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
Northwest Passage
a waterway through or around North America - doesn't really exist
Conquistador
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
classical
An age marked by great achievements
Astrolabe
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets
Caravel
a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries.
Pilgrimage
A journey to a place considered sacred for religious purposes.
Mercantilism
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought---theory that a nation's power is based on it's wealth
tribute
Money paid for protection--natives were forced to pay this to Spanish
Silk Road
Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture. Goods, ideas, religions, traditions and more spread around the Eastern Hemisphere along the trade routes.
Mecca
the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace
Enlightenment
a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly--move towards science
Gold, Glory, God
This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money, glory, or to convert non-Christians
Old World
Europe, Asia, Africa - known world to explorers Pre Columbus
New World
the name given by Europeans to the Americas, which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. It was 'new' to the people of Europe.
Line of Demarcation
This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America
Marco Polo
Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Northwest passage to Asia
What did England, France, and the Netherlands hope to discover in their explorations?
Printing Press
15th century invention which revolutionized the ability to print information which in turn affected the speed of the spread of information itself.
Inventor of the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
humanism
Humanists believe that science and evidence are the best ways to understand the world—Humanism is a non-religious worldview that focuses on the human experience and the pursuit of a good life
encomienda
grant by Spanish King to allow conquistadors to enslave Natives to force them to work for them for free as tribute
tribute
tax—forced to pay a price in exchange for protection
architecture
the design and construction of buildings and homes
vocabulary term that is opposite of religious thinking
humanism
antonym for going to a casino or a bar
pilgrimmage
term used as synonym for going all the way around something
circumnavigate
synonym for a system of slavery
encomiendaa
synonym for a rebirth or push into science, art, literature
Renaissance
synonym for tax
tribute
antonym for an large aircraft carrier
caravel
synonym for a highway or place full of trade
Silk Road