Unit 7 Age of Exploration & Absolutism

These were supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War

John Locke's arguments were used in the 18th c. to

Why were so many African slaves needed in the Caribbean Islands?

A fleet of warships

Vasco de Gama's discovery of a route to India by sea was

What did Peter the Great see as crucial to making Russia a great power?

French Protestants influenced by John Calvin

The conquistador's main advantages over the Aztec and Inca Empires was their

style of art that rejected renaissance ideals of balance & proportion

These Spaniards led conquests throughout the Americas

The exchange of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic was the

Oliver Cromwell defeated the king of England and established a

The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England began with the

Social class in Latin America in the 1500s was based on

Thomas Hobbes believed that humans were guided by

17th c. theory that held that a nation's wealth was based on a large supply of gold & silver

This established a line between territories controlled by Spain & Portugal in 1494

This is a settlement of people living in a new land, but still linked with the parent country

Spanish & Portuguese officials who resided temporarily in Latin America

Forced labor system in colonial Latin America

This man sponsored the 1st Portuguese fleets to explore the west coast of Africa in the 15th c.

The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas was called the

architechtural style that is characterized by elaborate ornamentation

Ship invented by the Portuguese that made long distance travel possible

The belief that a ruler gets his power from God

How did the Portuguese & Spanish make money from their colonies?

Forced Labor system used in colonial Peru to draft natives to work in silver mines

Laid the foundation for a Prussian state

Why was the Catholic Church so influential in the Latin American colonies?