| A | B |
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| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador that conquered Aztec city of Tenochtitlan in 1521 |
| Taino people | Friendly and generous Natives that Columbus encountered in 1492. |
| The 3 main motives for Spanish exploration | Gold, God and Glory |
| To fill the labor shortage, Bartolome de las Casas urged colonists to import workers from this country | Africa |
| peninsulares | Spanish American term for people born in Spain |
| creoles | Spanish American term for people who were American-born descendents of Spanish settlers |
| mestizos | Spanish American term for people of Native American and European descent |
| mulattoes | Spanish American term for people of African and European descent |
| The Middle Passage | a part of a three-legged trade network that traded in raw materials, slaves from Africa and manufactured goods |
| The Asante kingdom | Established in Africa in the late 1600's by Osei Tutu, leaders of this kingdom traded gold and slaves with Europeans |
| Effects of the slave trade on Africa | populations in some areas decreased, some states were runied while some profited and became more powerful |
| Columbian exchange | vast global exchange system that included plants, animals, people, technology and disease |
| capitalism | the investment of money to make a profit |
| mercantilism | policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver |
| Moctezuma | Aztec emperor defeated by Cortes |
| Francisco Pizarro | defeated Incan ruler Atahualpa in 1532 |
