Homewood WH9- Exam Rev 4
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carterdoyle on December 7, 2010
Classes:
Dodd Learning Lab, WH 9 Exam Review 1st Semster, WH9 Homewood Exam Fall, HHS Mrs Rayford
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| Jacques Cartier |  A French captain who sailed up the St. Lawrence River in Canada and claimed the area for the French in 1534. He found and named the island that would become Montreal. |
| Jamestown | This was the first permanent English colony in North America. It was founded in 1607. |
| Pilgrims | This was a group of Separatists who wanted to start a colony in North America so they could break from the Anglican Church. They settled the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts. |
| Henry Hudson | This was an English captain sailing for the Dutch. He explored and claimed the areas of modern day New York for the Dutch. |
| Conquistador | This is the term for Spanish conqueror. |
| Pedro Alavarez Cabral | This man led a voyage in 1500 that resulted in the discovery and claiming of Brazil for the Portuguese. |
| Atahualpa | This man was the last emperor of the Incan empire. Having just survived a civil war against his brother, he was kidnapped and killed by the Spanish. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | This man was an Italian sailor sailing for the Spanish in 1507. After taking notes on his voyages to the west, he announced that the land discovered was a new world. A German mapmaker named the land after him. |
| Montezuma II | This man was the last emperor of the Aztec empire. |
| Hernando Cortez | This man was the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec empire in 1520. |
| Ponce de Leon | This Spanish explorer discovered, explored, and claimed the modern day state of Florida for the Spanish. |
| encomiendas | This was a system that allowed Spanish colonists in America to demand tribute (money) or labor from Native Americans in return for care and protection. It led to brutal slavery. |
| Francisco Pizarro | This man was a conquistador who conquered the Incan Empire in Peru in 1532. |
| Christopher Columbus | This man led a voyage to find a westward route to Asia in 1492. He discovered a new world on this voyage. |
| Columbian Exchange | The global transfer of foods, plants, animals, people, ideas and technology that began with the discovery of the New World. |
| capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources, such as money, to make a profit. |
| mercantilism | An economic policy used by most of the nations in Europe in the 1500's to 1700's. It is based on the fundamental belief that a nation's power is based on its wealth. The goal of this economic policy was to create as much wealth for the nation as possible. |
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