| Term | Definition |
|---|
| "God, glory, gold". Economic: spices and precious metals. Religious zeal: wanted to spread christianity to natives. Glory: wanted to be adventurous in exploration | Why did European explorers begin to explore the world?-3 reasons, use examples |
| Because they were sponsored by Prince Henry to explore. | Why were the Portuguese the first explorers? |
| Separated Spain and Portugal. Did this because both were Catholic and the church didn't want them to fight over land and divide the Catholic church even more. | What was the significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas? |
| Hispaniola and Cuba | What did Columbus discover? |
| 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 |
| Encomiendas | Grants from European Spanish governors to control the labor services of natives |
| Slave trade | The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves |
| King Afonso | King of the Congo who was concerned about the effects of slave trade |
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