Chapter 12 - The Americas ; Pre - Cplumbian Empires To Colonies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pre - Columbian Empires | Historians referred to it like that because they existed in the Americas before the arrival of the explorer columbus in 1493 |
| Maya | Developed a complex civilization in present day guatemala. |
| Inca | The Inca Empire developed along the Pacific coast and in the Andes Mountains of South America ; they grew potatoes ; built roads and stone buildings. |
| Aztec | a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519 |
| Prince Henry | Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506) |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages. |
| Vasco De Gama | A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) |
| Conquistadores | Spanish 'conqueror' or soldier in the New World. They were searching for the 3-G's: gold, God, and glory. |
| Montezuma | evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) |
| Encomienda System | priviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory |
| New France | Name of French colony in Canada |
| New Netherland | a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam |
| Atlantic Slave Trade | Lasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. One part of a three-part economical system known as the MIddle Passage of the Triangular Trade. |
| "Middle Passage" | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade |
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