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Prince Henry
| Son of Potugal's king. The most enthusiastic supporter of exploration of the time. |
Vasco de Gama
| Began exploring the east African coast found a route to India |
Treaty of Tordesillas
| A treaty between Spain and Portugal to stop any dispute of South America between the two |
Ming Dyansty
| China became the dominant power in Asia under this dynasty |
Zheng He
| he was placed as the admiral in control of the huge Chinese fleet and armed forces |
Manchus
| A people, native to Manchuria, who ruled China during the Qing Dynasty |
Qing Dynasty
| The dynasty that the Manchus formed. They ruled for 260 more years |
Tokugawa Shogunate
| A dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan |
haiku
| A 5-7-5-syllable, 3-line poem read in 1600's Japan |
Closed Country Policy
| The persecution of Christians was part of an attempt to control foreign ideas. |
Christopher Columbus
| was a navigator,and explorer whose voyages led to European awareness of the American continents |
Hernando Cortez
| A Spanish sailor that conquered the Aztecs |
Francisco Pizarro
| a conquistador that conquered the Incan empire even though he was outnumbered 100 to one |
Atahualpa
| The Inca ruler near the city of Cajamarca |
conquistador
| Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of America in the 1600's |
mestizo
| Mixed Spanish and Native American population. |
encomienda
| the crown granted a person a specified number of natives for whom they were to take responsibility. |
Jamestown
| Was the first colony that the English had |
Pilgrims
| People that left England because they were persecuted for their religious beliefs. They went to the Americas |
New Netherland
| The Dutch holdings in North America |
Puritans
| A religious group that went to America in attempt to get freedom from England's Anglican Church |
triangular trade
| Africans transported to the Americas were part of a transatlanitc trading route. |
middle passage
| This is the middle leg of triangular trade, and most things taken were slaves from Africa |
chattel slavery
| It is the treatment of another person such as it is their property; more with slaves than anyone |
Columbian Exchange
| The global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of America. |
capitalism
| Economic system based on private ownership and investment of resources for profit |
joint-stock company
| A business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, then share the profit |
mercantilism
| New economic policy held that a country's power depended mainly on wealth. |
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