Chapter 10 Age of Maritime Expansion Review

Colonial leader appointed by the king, ruled each viceroyalty, governed from their capitals Mexico City in New Spain

Italian navigator who thought he could find a faster sea route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean.

________denotes the drive to create an empire and gain political power.

The Spanish government gave the wealthiest colonists large tracts of farmland called ? Most were sugarcane plantations

Led an expedition that would be the first to travel all around the world.

In 1513, _____________________was the first European to set foot in Florida, and he claimed it for Spain.

In 1419, _____________or, the son of Portugal’s king, established a navigation school on the Atlantic coast in Portugal.

Travel all around the world

  ________ indicates the European desire to spread Christianity and seize Muslim lands.

A light ship with triangular sails and was also borrowed from Arab mariners.

One of the most successful of the conquistadors who launched an invasion of modern-day Mexico in 1519 with about 500men

Between 1450&1750 a period sometimes called the ? European navigators explored largely uncharted waters in the Atlantic

Columbus departed Spain on August 3, 1492, with three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Businesses are privately owned and exist to make profits

_______represents the profits merchants hoped to gain through the trade of spices, enslaved people, and precious metals.

A hacienda included a grant, or ______________, that allowed owners to force Native Americans to labor for them.

    The Spanish soldiers and adventurers who led the conquest of the Americas came to be called ________________.

A system in which government protects and regulates trade to create wealth at the expense of rival powers.

Dutch East India Company operated as ? It means it sold shares of stocks to investors who became partners in the venture

People who pledged to work for four to seven years in exchange for ocean passage and living costs.