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European Expansion

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Middle Passage
The difficult voyage made by enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the West Indies where they were sold
Geocentric
Based on the idea that Earth is the center of the universe and that the sun, stars, and planets revolve around Earth
Conquistador
A Spainish conqueror who came to America to search for gold, land, and glory
Triangular Trade
From the 1500s to the mid 1800s, the triangular-shaped trade routes between the Americas, England, and Africa, which involved the buying and selling of captive Africans as well as guns, sugar, and iron goods
West Indies
An archipelago stretching from Florida to Venezuala, sepparating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean
Pedro Alvarey Cabral
Portuguese navigator who landed on the coast of Brazil in 1500 and claimed it for Portugal
Hacienda
A large agricultural estate owned by Spaniards or the church in Spain's American colonies
Elizabeth Veale
Early colonist of the English colony of New South Wales in Australia who helped establish the production of wool as an important Australian industry
Strait of Magellan
A narrow waterway at the southern tip of South America, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Convict
A person who has been found guilty by the government of committing a crime and recieves a sentence of punishment
Santo Domingo
A Spainish colony established on Hispaniola in 1496; the capital of the Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
A Caribbean island settled by Spaniards in 1493; a present-day island that is divided into the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Line of Demarcation
An imaginary line drawn across North and South America in 1494 to divide the claims of Spain and Portugal
Heliocentric
Based on Copernicus's idea that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Emancipee
A person who has been freed, or emancipated, from a sentence of punishment given to him or her by the government
Vasco Da Gama
Portuguese navigator who in 1498 sailed from Europe around Africa to Asia
Bartholomeu Dias
Portuguese ship captan whose voyage around the southern tip of Africain in 1487 led to the opening of a sea route between Europe and Asia
Credibility
Believability
James Cook
A navigator and ship captain who explored and claimed land in Australia for England in 1770
Prince Henry
Portuguese prince who directed the search for a searoute to the gold mines of western Africa. He also designed a fast steerable ship known as the caravel.
Peru
Colonial lands held by Spain in South America from the 1500s to the 1800s; present-day country in western South America
Moctezuma
Aztec empire defeated and killed by the Spainish conquistador Hernando Cortes in 1520
Scientific Method
A way of studying things through questioning and thorough testing
Caribbean Sea
A sea bounded on the north and east by the West Indies, and by Central and South America on the west and south
New Spain
Spainish colony in North America including Mexico, Central America, the southwest United States, and many of the Caribbean Islands from the 1500s to the 1800s
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain; he set out to find a route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of South America
Francisco Pizzarro
Spainish conquistador who in 1532 defeated the Incan emperor Atahualpa
Telescope
An optical instrument for making distant objects such as planets and stars, appear near and larger
Aborigine
A person belonging to, or decending from, the group of people who first inhabited Australia
Sugarcane
A tall grass with a thick, woody stem containing a liquid that is a source of sugar
Atahualpa
The last Incan emperor captured and killed by Fransico Pizzarro
Mexico City
The capital and largest city of Mexico; formerly Tenochtitlan, it became the capital of New Spain after the Spainish conquered the Aztec in the 1500s
Isaac Newton
English scientist who studied gravity
New South Wales
English colony founded on the East Coast of Australia in 1788; currently a state of Australia
Gravity
The force that pulls objects toward Earth and that draws planets into orbits around the sun
Caravel
A saling ship developed in Portugal in the 1400s that had greater directional control then earlier ships and could sail great distances more safely
Cuzco
A city in southern Peru, capital of the Inca empire from the 1200s to the 1500s
Hernando Cortes
Spainish conquistador who defeated the Aztec in 1521
Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer, mathematican, and phycist. His telescopes proved that the sun is the center of the solar system
Convert
To adopt or cause someone to adopt a new religion
Plantation
A large farming estate where mainly a single cropis grown; until the mid-1800s slaves often worked on plantations
Olaudah Equiano
Enslaved African writer: In 1789 he wrote an autobiography describing his life in slavery
Lima
The capital of Peru, founded by Francisco Pizzarro in 1535
Missionary
A person who teaches his or her religion to people with different beliefs
Lachlan Macquarie
Governor of the English colony of New South Wales in Australia from 1810 to 1821. He supported the rights of the emancipees in New South Wales
Strait
A narrow channel or body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer in the service of Spain who arrived in the Americas in 1492

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