Age Of Exploration Vocabulary

to take possession of

The giant_____the Spanish farmed in the Americas needed a large work force to maintain them. 

People in the countryside who produce goods in their homes from raw materials supplied to them was called _____.

______ came to conquer the land and used a variety of____to find gold and silver and bring it back to Spain.

Montezuma had a secret plan to _______ Cortés.

to bring about a large and widespread change 

involving the entire world

The spread of ______led to the defeat of the Aztec

The Spanish colonists created huge ______ where they would grow _______ like cotton that could be sold for profit.

Plantations required the use of enslaved Africans to produce ____.

Spanish soldiers or ______ used a small number of men and weapons to overtake much larger forces.

the customs, learning, and art of a civilization

The Spanish made Native Americans their _____ , or people who fought beside them.

_____ hire people to work for them in a business were they take all the risk.

Pizarro demanded that Atahualpa convert to the Catholic faith. When he laughed at the idea of it, he was taken ____.

The Spanish wanted convince Native Americans to give up religions that had been part of their _____ for centuries.

___ began to ____money in businesses that workers did in their homes. This led to the establishment of the ______

Incan King Atahualpa had to produce a room filled with precious metals to try to ____ his freedom

The push for _____trade required European sailors to venture into oceans they had never explored before.

The Greek astrolabe allowed Magellan to ________ the Earth and sail to Asia and back.

to depend on or count on for help

 supply of something valuable

For strong ____ to exist between two markets, entrepreneurs have to ____ both their time and their money to support it.

The desire for exploration and trade eventually led to the _____ of the Earth by Ferdinand Magellan.

Trading and producing goods for sale will increase _______ and make you wealthy.

across the ocean 

Pizarro’s ______ goal was to get gold and silver from the Inca. 

Cortes attacked Montezuma, killing 6,000 of his men and taking Montezuma as a _____.

main, chief, or first

large in size, quantity, or quality

give money to a company in exchange for a return, or profit, on the money

The colonies were working models of the theory of _____ , which involved exporting more goods than you imported.

a way of doing something; a process