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Treaty of Tordesillas Flashcards

This treaty moved the Line of Demarcation more than 800 miles farther west.

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513021331missionariespeople sent to convert the native peoples to Christianity.0
513021332mercantilisman economic system which describes how Europeans enriched their treasuries.1
513021333Amerigo VespucciOne of the first, an italian sailor who set out in 1501 to find a sea route to Asia. Realized he didn't find Asia.2
513021334Vasco Nunez de BalboaHeard native american reports of another ocean. In 1513, he held an expedition through the jungles of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean. He claimed all the lands around it for Spain.3
513021335Ferinand MagellanProposed to reach Asia by sailing west around South America. 5 ships and 240 men. Died in a local war and his crew carried on.4
513021336conquerorsThey explored the Americas and claimed them for Spain.5
513021337Hernando Cortesone of the first conquistadors. he landed on Central America coast with 508 men in 1519.6
513021338MontezumaAztec Emperor, feared that Cortes had been sent by an Aztec god to rule Mexico.7
513021339(How the spaniards killed the Aztecs)Motezuma gave gold to them but they wanted more. Spaniards marched inland and formed alliances with the native peoples who hated aztec ruling. Then months cortes reached the aztec captial and tried to take rule, the aztecs rebelled. 800 spaniards dead in the fight and more then 1000 aztecs died. cortes left with his last ones.8
513021340how aztecs died alsodisease of an outbreak of small pox, which severely weekend their ranks. the germs were from the europeans and to the americans.9
513021341Francisco Pizarroled an expedition to peru. brought 180 men. like aztecs the incas feared that the spanish might be gods. the incan ruler, atahualpa orderd his trrops not to fight. then he went to meet the spaniards. the spanish attacked quickly. killed thousands of incas held the emperor. in attempt free himself the incan gave him riches (treasure) the spaniards strangled him anyway10
513021342reasson 1:spread of european diseases killed millions of americans weakend the resistance to conquest.11
513021343reason 2:spanish were excellent soldiers and sailors. they had superior weapons, such as guns, tht helped thm defeat much larger native american armies.12
513021344reason 3:spain made alliances with native americans who were enemies of the aztecs and incas.13
513021345reason 4:spanish conquistadors acted brutally toward the native americans under their control.14
513021346columbian exchangemovement of plants, animals, peoples, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. this movement of living things between hemispheres is called the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE. one result, transfer of germs, form Europe to the americas. when europeans came to america they brought with them germs that caused diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza. native americans had no immunity to them. although the exact numbers are know, historians estimate that diseases brought by europeans killed more than 20 million native americans in mexico in the first century after conquest.15
513021347columbian exchange 2other effects were more positive, spanish brought many plants and animals to the americas. european livestock cattle pigs and horses thrived in america. it also benefited europe too. many american crops became part of the european diet. two that had a huge impact were potatoes and corn, which are highly nutritious. helped european populations, important food in russia.16

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