HIST2111 chapter 1
John Cobot
1497- Explored the shores of Nova Scotia, Labrador, and Newfoundland
Amerigo Vespucci
America is named after him
In regard to history, what was borderland?
An unclear geographical and cultural border.
a significant difference between the Vikings and Columbus was?
Columbus received much more publicity for his voyages
Bartolome de Las Casas
Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans
In 1776, Adam Smith observed what fact about the western hemisphere?
Indians had suffered great misfortunes
Which indigenous group formed the great league of peace
Iroquois
After conquest ended and settlements were built; who stood atop the social hierarchy in Spanish America?
Peninsulares
What was the difference between Chinese and Portuguese navigation?
The Chinese were not looking to discover new places
Portuguese trading posts along the coast of Africa were called factories because?
The merchants were known as factors
A commonality shared between the Asians who crossed the Bering Straight and the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic ocean thousands of years later was
Their search for food items
How did the Dutch manifest their devotion to liberty?
They supported tolerance in religious matters in their colony
"Coverture" refers to
a woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries
Juan Ponce De leon
explored Florida
Patroonship in New Netherland
meant that shareholders received large estates for transporting tenants for agricultural labor.
As governor of New Netherland, Petrus Stuyvesant
refused to open practice of religion by Quakers and Lutherans
Hernanado Cortes
spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
The actions of the Pueblo Indians at Santa Fe in 1680 can be best described as?
being assertive
Vasco da Gama
the first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.
When Europeans arrived, many Native Americans
tried to use them to enhance their standing with other Native Americans.
