| A | B |
|---|
| Amerigo Vespucci | from Florence, worte letters describing & labeling the Americas |
| John Cabot | explored the New England coastline |
| Christopher Columbus | an Italian who explored for the country of Spain |
| conquistador | Spainsh conquerors of the Americas |
| Line of Demarcation | divided the spehres of influence between Spain & Portugal |
| Cuba & Hispaniola | Columbus explored their coastlines in Oct 1492 |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | gave Portugal control of the route around Africa |
| mercantilism | economic theory of the 17th century |
| precious metals & spices | 2 economic resources that Europeans were looking for |
| compass | important invention that made ocean exploration possible |
| Africa | The Portuguese lead the way in exploration by probling southward along the west coast of this continent |
| Spain | the Treaty of Tordesillas gave Spain the rights to almost all of the Americas |
| Columbian Exchange | everything that Spain & the Native Americas gave to each other |
| Incas | had a disadvantage against Spain in war because they had no writing |
| East to West | it was easier to spread plant & animal life in this direction across the Americas because the temperatures were similar |
| horses | gave Europeans a fighting advantage over the natives |
| livestock | helped make Europeans more reilient to germs |
| slave trade | grew dramatically after the discovery of the Americas |
| Middle Passage | could be described as so terrible that may chose to take their own lives |
| prisoners of war | the slave's status prior to being taken by Europeans |
