Ottoman/America's
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- Columbian Exchange
- the exchange of goods and ideas between the americas and europe
- Ferdinand Magellan
- First man to make a circumnavigation and prove that the world was round.
- Monteczuma
- an aztec ruler who built a palace and a safeguard around Tenochtitlan and was the ruler when Cortes arrived.
- astrolabe
- an astronomical device to determine latitude
- Middle Passage
- The journey from the western african coast to america to transport slaves
- Hernan Cortes
- a spanish conquistador who explored latin america and claimed it for spain
- Tikal
- The largest Mayan city in present day Guatemala.
- mulattoes
- the native american labor force
- Incas
- located in peru and lived in the mountain tops.Used terrace farming and quipas.
- Atlantic Slave Trade
- the trade of slaves from africa to america
- millet
- in the Ottoman empire, a religious community of non-Muslims
- Suleiman the Great
- Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire. Known as The Magnificent in the East, and the "Lawgiver" in the west because he completely reconstructed the legal system.
- terrace farming
- used by the incans to farm on mountains tops by cutting into them
- chinampas
- artificial islands
- Mayas
- Lived in the yucatan peninsula and laster from 300 - 900 a.d.. Vanished society..
- viceroys
- representatives who reuled in the kings name in each province of the spanish empire
- Tenochtitlan
- The Aztecs capitol city, present-day Mexico
- Aztecs
- hunters and warriors who moved from the north into Central America
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Established schools for mapmaking and ship travel, and sparked the exploration of the atlantic down the african coast.
- Istanbul
- Former Constantinople. Now capital of Ottoman Empire
- quipas
- a collection of knotted, colored string to keep records.
- peninsulares
- Highest class in the spanish empire of pure Europeans
- mestizos
- People of mixed ancestry
- triangular trade
- The trade of goods and slaves from africa to the americas to europe and many other combinations
- Treaty of Tordesillas
- a treaty to spplit the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese
- encomiendas
- The right to demand labor from native americans in a particular area
- janissaries
- a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan(
- creoles
- People born in america but had European parents
- Christopher Columbus
- a Sailed to look for india and ended up landing on Hispaniola
- mercantilism
- a system where colonies exist to provide raw materials and markets to the "mother country"
- conquistadors
- spanish explorers who claimed American land for stain in the 1500's and the 1600's
- Francisco Pizzaro
- arrived in peru in 1532 and conquered lands in south america for spain
- Olmecs
- First known american civilization known for making giant jade and stone heads.
- cartographers
- mapmakers
- Vasco da Gama
- Sailed around the cape of good hope and attained spices which he sold for 3000%
- Bartolome de las Casas
- athe father of anti-imperialism, a catholic preist who wanted to stop the encomienda system