vocabulary Chapter 16- The Age of Exploration

Henry the Navigator

• Prince of Portugal, he helped promote exploration by Portuguese sailors

• Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Italian sailor supported by the rulers of Spain, he reached the Americas in 1492

• Portuguese sailor, he sailed around Africa to reach India.

Christopher Columbus

• Italian sailor supported by the rulers of Spain, he reached the Americas in 1492.

• Portuguese sailor, he sailed around Africa to reach India.

• Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

• English sailor, he was sent to the Americas to steal gold and silver from Spanish ships

Francis Drake

• English sailor, he was sent to the Americas to steal gold and silver from Spanish ships

• Portuguese sailor, he sailed around Africa to reach India.

• Italian sailor supported by the rulers of Spain, he reached the Americas in 1492

• Prince of Portugal, he helped promote exploration by Portuguese sailors

Vasco da Gama

• Portuguese sailor, he sailed around Africa to reach India.

• Spanish priest, he protested the terrible treatment of American Indians. He attempted to convert the Indians to Christianity.

• Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

• Prince of Portugal, he helped promote exploration by Portuguese sailors

Ferdinand Magellan

• Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

• Portuguese sailor, he sailed around Africa to reach India.

• Italian sailor supported by the rulers of Spain, he reached the Americas in 1492.

• Spanish priest, he protested the terrible treatment of American Indians. He attempted to convert the Indians to Christianity.

circumnavigate

• to go all the way around

• the belief that some people are better than others because of racial traits, such as skin color.

• an economic system in which individuals decide what goods and services they will buy.

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

Columbian Exchange

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

• an economic system in which individuals decide what goods and services they will buy.

• the belief that some people are better than others because of racial traits, such as skin color.

• to go all the way around

Spanish Armada

• a large fleet of Spanish ships that was defeated by England in 1588.

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

• a system in which people work at home to make a product

• a large, self-sufficient farm (copying the manor system in Europe)

plantation

• a large, self-sufficient farm (copying the manor system in Europe)

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

• a system in which people work at home to make a product

• a large fleet of Spanish ships that was defeated by England in 1588.

racism

• the belief that some people are better than others because of racial traits, such as skin color.

• the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

• to go all the way around

• the relationship of good imported to goods exported