World History Ch.13

Europian maps of the 15 hundreds

- Lables and images are upside down north of the Equator.

What did Europians know about the world in 1489.

- They thought the world was flat - They knew nothing of the American contenate

advanced weaponry

- won more battles -enabled the conquering of more land -made them look intimating

Capatalism

An economic system in which most of the wealth and production is pivetaly owned

Mercantilism

Is an economic theory that believes that trade stimulates the economy and that wealth is based on the accumulation of goods.

conquistadors

Spain was responsible for much exploration by sending conquistadors out to conquer lands

nation-states

a politically independent state whose people have a common culture and nationality

Christianity

because they wanted to be stronger than Islam

caravel

made it easier to go across sea

Great Dying

the death of millions of Indians due to diseases brought by Europeans. this made it easier for Europe to control them.

mercantilism

the more goods they acquired, the more wealth they had, which gave them more power

middle passage

the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade. the Europeans controlled this.

circumnavigate

travel completely around