History 13. 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 the travels | book written by marco polo |
| spices | used to perserve and flavor food |
| the navigator | prince henry is known as................ |
| prince henry | discovered gold in africa |
| bartholomeu dias | went around cape of good hope |
| vasco da gama | went to india |
| admiral afonso de albuquerque | set up port at goa |
| moluccas | known as spice islands |
| seamanship and guns | reasons why portugese succeeded in exploring |
| columbus | italian explorer |
| treaty of tordesilla | dvided territories between portugal and spain |
| 1494 | year inwhich treaty of tordesillas was signed |
| john cabot | venetian seamne |
| john cabot | explored new england coast of america for england |
| conquistadors | spanish conquerors of america |
| francisco pizzaro | took over inca |
| encomienda | isabella giving english the use of natives as slaves |
| ferdinand magellan | took control of the philipines |
| amerigo vespucci | from florentine who wrote letters about his travels |
| amerigo vespucci | gave name to americas |
| indios | spanish inhabtants of teh indes |
| columbian exchange | change of plants and animals between old and new worlds |
| dutch | formed the east inida company |
| samuel de champlain | founded quebec |
| colonies | settlement of people living in a new territory linked with parent country by trade and direct government |
| mercantilism | set of principles that dominated economic thought |
| bullion | name for gold and silver |
| balance of trade | difference in value between what a nation imports and exports overtime |
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