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8167656152Caravelsmall, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations0
8167656153ConquistadorGeneric term for a Spanish conqueror of the Americas.1
8167656154Viceroya ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign.2
8167656155Encomedia SystemSpanish slavery system3
8167656156Middle Passagethe sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.4
8167656157maritimeconnected with the sea, especially in relation to seafaring commercial or military activity.5
8167656158Bartholomew De Las CasasFirst resident of the Chiapas was a Spanish historian and Dominican friar6
8167656159Prince Henry the NavigatorSent others to explore for him, made very first explorer school, first person to value exploring7
8167656160God, Gold, Glorythe three main reasons for the European age of exploration8
8167656161Cape of Good Hopethe southern tip of Africa9
8167656162Bartholomeu DiasPortuguese sailor who was first to sail around Africa's southern tip at the Cape of Good Hope10
8167656163Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.11
8167656164MalaccasA Malaysian state and the location where spices were grown, for which Europe had a high demand.12
8167656165Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator in the service of Spain13
8167656166Joint Stock CompanyA business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, then share the profits14
8167656167Mercantilismbelief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.15
8167656168Commercial Revolution• European economic change marked by guilds, banking, and capitalism16
8167656169Treaty of Tordesillasset the boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.17
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