Unit 5 Vocab Study Guide
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Chinampa | floating gardens |
| Tribute | payment |
| Glyph | drawing carved on the ground |
| Vasco Da Gama | Portuguese sailor who reached Calcuit and set up trade |
| Ferdinand Magellan | first to circumnavigate the world |
| Cartographers | map makers |
| Alliance | friendship |
| Hernan Cortes | first conquistador |
| Atahulapa | leader of Incan empire |
| Pizarro | conquistador |
| Malinche | interpreter of Cortez |
| Viceroys | representatives of Spanish king |
| Peninsulares | people of Spain |
| Creoles | Spanish who were born in America |
| Mestizos | people of Spanish+native American descent |
| Mulattos | people of Spanish+ African descent |
| Privateers | pirates who were authorized by their government |
| Revenues | tax income |
| Compact | agreement among people |
| Triangular Trade | 3 legged trade network |
| Middle Passage | part of triangular trade were Africans were crammed into ship |
| Monopolies | exclusive control over business or industry |
| Entrepreneurs | enterprising merchants |
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