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The Age of Exploration Timeline
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The Age of Exploration Timeline
7) Christopher Columbus
- Italian explorer but financed by Spain
- Discovered the Americas
8) New World
- A name for the Americas, especially during the time of first exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans
9) Treaty of Tordesillas
- Divided newly discovered lands between Portugal and the Crown of Castile
13) Tenochtitlan
- One of the three major Aztec city-states
- It was the capital of the Aztec Empire, and ruled the other city-states
- Largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas
14) Hernan Cortes
- Spanish conquistador
- His explorations led to fall of Aztec empire
- Brought Mexico under spanish rule, and colonized first spanish settlements in the Americas
15) Ferdinand Magellan
- Portugese explorer
- First person to circumnavigate the globe
1) The 3 G’s
- glory, god, gold (and the virginia company - Pocahontas)
- glory for the kingdom, gold for the kingdom and the explorer, and god for the conversion of new people
- This is what drove the people to explore
2) The Ottoman Empire
- Muslim empire
- Did not take part in exploring new lands
- Dominated trade roots in Middle East
3) Encomienda
- was a labor system
- It was first established in Spain during the Roman period, but utilized also following the Christian reconquest of Muslim territory
19) Slave Trade
- crossing the atlantic refers to the transatlantic trading patterns
- were established as early as the mid-17th century.
20) Gold
-a yellow precious metal that enticed people to explore new lands.
21) Price Revolution
- refers to most specifically to the high rate of inflation that occurred during the 15 century to the 17 century across Western Europe
16) Francisco Pizarro
- Spanish conquistador
- Led expedition that conquered Inca empire
- Killed the Inca king and claimed that land for Spain
17) Hacienda
- a large state or ranch similar to a plantation
- normally owned exclusively by Spaniard
18) Columbian Exchange
- it was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries
4) Prince Henry the Navigator
- Initiator of Age of Discoveries
- Sponsored many exploratory sea voyages
5) Vasco Da Gama
- First person to sail directly from Europe to India
- Commissioned by Portuguese king
6) Cape of Good Hope
- marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward
- Used to be known as the top of Africa
10) Amerigo Vespucci
- Italian explorer, financier, cartographer, and navigator
- First person to map America
- Supercontinent of America named after him
11) Empire of the Incas
- Largest Empire in pre-Columbian America; possibly the world
- Was centered in the Andes Mountain Range
- Brought down by Spanish Conquistadors
12) Empire of the Aztecs
- Consisted of three major city states in Mexico
- Brought down by Spanish conquistadors