ch 14 + 15 ap euro terms

conquistador

Spanish for

“conqueror”; Spanish soldier-

explorers, such as Hernando

Cortés and Francisco Pizarro,

who sought to conquer the

New World for the Spanish

crown.

caravel

a small, maneuver-

able, three-mast sailing ship

developed by the Portuguese

in the fifteenth century that

gave the Portuguese a distinct

advantage in exploration and

trade.

ptolemy’s geography

A second-century-c.e. work

that synthesized the classical

knowledge of geography and

introduced the concepts of

longitude and latitude.

Reintroduced to Europeans

about 1410 by Arab scholars,

its ideas allowed cartographers

to create more accurate maps.

treaty of tordesillas

The

1494 agreement giving Spain

everything to the west of an

imaginary line drawn down

the Atlantic and giving

Portugal everything to the

east.

mexica empire

Also known

as the Aztec Empire, a

large and complex Native

American civilization in

modern Mexico and Central

America that possessed

advanced mathematical,

astronomical, and

engineering technology.

inca empire

The vast and

sophisticated Peruvian

empire centered at the

capital city of Cuzco that

was at its peak from 1438

until 1532.

viceroyalties

The name for

the four administrative units

of Spanish possessions in

the Americas: New Spain,

Peru, New Granada, and

La Plata