1. Age of Exploration Review

2. A person who makes/draws maps is known as a _________________
Cartographer

3. The Americas were named for this explorer who sailed for Spain and Portugal and discovered the Americas were not Asia, but a New World.
Amerigo Vespucci

4. This explorer sailed for Portugal, sailed around Africa and found a new route to Southwest India. His discovery made Portugal 60 times the amount of money than his trip cost.
Vasco de Gama

5. Ferdinand Magellan was the first person to ______________ or sail around the world.
Circumnavigate

6. The Spanish rulers that came into the New World and took over the Inca and Aztec tribes were known as ___________________
Conquistadors

7. What was the name of the conquistador who conquered the Aztec people?
Hernan Cortés

8. What was the name of the conquistador who conquered the Inca people?
Francisco Pizarro

9. The system used to enslave the Native Americans was known as the ______________ system. Eventually, a priest named ______________ complained of this system which was then forbidden by the New Laws of the Indes.
Encomienda
Bartolomé de Las Casas

10. People who were born in Spain, but lived in the New World were known as ___________________
Peninsulares

11. People born in the New World with 2 parents who were born in Spain are known as ____________
Creoles

12. If a child has one parent who is from European and one parent who is Native American, they are known as a _______________
Mestizo

13. If a child has one parent who is from European and one parent who is an African slave, they are known as a _______________
Mulatto

14. The Europeans brought a lot of new things to the New World including diseases. Many Native Americans died because of the new diseases. Their bodies did not have the right antibodies to fight the infection. The Native Americans did not have ____________ to these diseases.
Immunity

15. When the Spanish came to the New World, they came for Glory, Gold and God. The people who came to the new world to covert the Native Americans to Christianity were known as ________________.
Missionaries

16. What was the exchange of goods, animals and plants between Europe and the Americas known as? (Hint: Named after one of the explorers)
Columbian Exchange

17. Kings during the Age of Exploration wanted to create wealth for their countries. Their idea of gaining wealth was to sell more than they buy. This economic system is known as ____________
Mercantilism

18. The term for money/wealth made through the mercantilism system is known as profit or ________________
Revenue

19. The trade route from America to Europe, Europe to Africa and Africa to the Americas was known as the ________________
Triangular Trade

20. The part of the Triangular Trade that transferred slaves from Africa to the Americas was known as the ________________
Middle Passage

21. When a tax is placed on an item being imported INTO a country, the tax is known as a ______________. The kings of Europe would apply these taxes in order to make the colonists buy from the mother country only.
Tariff

22. What was the Treaty of Tordesilla used for?
To divide land claimed by Spain and Portugal during the Age of Exploration

23. What were 3 reasons the Spanish were able to conquer the Natives?
Disease
Religious Beliefs of the Natives (End of the World)
Superior Military technology
Division amongst Native groups

24. What are 3 reasons why the Europeans wanted to begin exploring?
Gold
God
Glory

25. What were the 2 empires in the Americas that were conquered by the Spanish? Where are they located?
Aztecs- Mexico
Inca- Peru

26. What is the Divine Right of Kings?
Kings of Europe received power and authority to rule from God

27. A ruler who rules with total control is an _________________.
Absolute Monarch

28. King Henry VIII asked his wife Catherine to take this action from her position as queen.
abdicate

29. King Henry VIII, Martin Luther and John Calvin all went against the Catholic Church. They would be described using this term.
dissenter

30. KNOW YOUR STEMS!!