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Chapter 16 European Expansion

Terms

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Vasco da Gama
Portugese navigator who in 1498 sailed from Europe around Africa to Asia.
Ferdinand Magellan
Portugese explorer in the service of Spain; he set out to find a route to Asia by sailing around the southern tip of South America.
Atahualpa
The last Inca emperor captured and killed by Francisco Pizarro.
credibility
believability
Bartholomeu Dias
Portugese ship captain whos voyage around the southern tip of Africa in 1487 led to the opening of a sea route between Europe and Asia.
convert
to adopt or cause someone to adopt a new religion.
Hispaniola
a Caribbean island settled by Spaniards in 1493; a present day island that is divided into the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Hernando Cortes
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec in 1521.
Strait of Magellan
a narrow waterway at the southern tip of South America, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
caravel
a sailing ship developed in Portugal in the 1400s that had greater dirrectional control than earlier ships and could dail greater distances more safely.
missionary
a person who teaches his or her religion to people with different beliefs.
Prince Henry
Portugese prince who directed the search for a sea route to the gold mines of western Africa. He also designed a fast, steerable ship known as a caravel.
Line of Demarcation
an imaginary line drawn across North and South America in 1494 to divide the claims of Spain and Portugal.
hacienda
a large agricultural estate owned by Spaniards or the church in Spain's American colonies.
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Portugese navigator who landed on the coast of Brazil in 1500 and claimed it for Portugal.
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish connquistador who in 1532 defeated the Inca emperor Atahualpa.
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer in the service of Spain who arived in the Americas in 1492.
conquistador
a soanish explorer who came to the Americas to search for gold, land, and glory.
Moctezuma
Aztec emperor defeated and killed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes.
strait
a narrow channel or body of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

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