Copy of World History Study Guide Ch. 11a

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

________- sailed west across the atlantic, made in 1492 with three ships.

Ferdinand Magellan

________- set out from spain with 5 ships to find a way to reach the pacific, he pushed across the east indies, was killed in 1521.

Francisco Pizarro

________- went to the inca leader and urged him (Moctezuma) to convert him to christianity and when he refused killed him.

Prince Henry the Navigator

________- wanted to find an easier way to reach Asia, believed he could convert africans to Christianity.

Matteo Ricci european jesuit priest

________, his goal was to convert upper- class chinese to christianity.

Encomienda

________- the right to demand labor or tribute from native americans in a particular area.

Hernán Cortés

________- earliest conquistadors, land owner in cuba, believed he could succeed where none had before, arranged alliances with the aztec gods.

Vasco da Gama

________- led 4 ships around the Cape of good hope, also reached the great spice port of calicut on the west coast of India.

Bartholomeu Dias

________- rounded the southern tip of africa.

Bartolomé de las Casas bold priest

________, condemned the evils of the encomienda system.

Mestizo

________- people of the native american and european descent.

european descent

Mulatto- african and ________.

Treaty of Tordesillas

agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus and other late 15th-century voyagers

Circumnavigate

sail around

Conquistador

conquerors

Encomienda

the right to demand labor or tribute from native americans in a particular area

Mestizo

people of the native american and european descent

Bartholomeu Dias

rounded the southern tip of africa

Vasco da Gama

led 4 ships around the Cape of good hope, also reached the great spice port of calicut on the west coast of India

Ferdinand Magellan

set out from spain with 5 ships to find a way to reach the pacific, he pushed across the east indies, was killed in 1521

Moctezuma

Aztec emperor

Francisco Pizarro

went to the inca leader and urged him to convert him to christianity and when he refused killed him