Chapter 7 Vocab

Question 1

A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic

Answer 1

Caravel

Question 2

Dutch merchant vessel designed for maximum cargo space, small crews, and low production cost. Unlike other vessels at the time, these could not be converted into warships

Answer 2

Fluyt

Question 3

Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus

Answer 3

Arawak

Question 4

Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa in the early 15th century

Answer 4

Henry the Navigator

Question 5

Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward

Answer 5

Gold Coast

Question 6

Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean

Answer 6

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 7

Portuguese explorer who in 1497-1498 led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route

Answer 7

Vasco da Gama

Question 8

Genoese mariner who in the service of Spain led 4 expeditions across the Atlantic, reestablishing contact between the peoples of the Americas and the Old World and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization

Answer 8

Christopher Columbus

Question 9

Portuguese-born navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world

Answer 9

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 10

Early 16th century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru

Answer 10

Conquistadors

Question 11

Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain

Answer 11

Hernán Cortés

Question 12

Aztec emperor who died while in custody of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés

Answer 12

Moctezuma II

Question 13

Last ruling Inca of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish

Answer 13

Atahuallpa

Question 14

Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533

Answer 14

Francisco Pizarro

Question 15

French colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608. Following military defeat, it was ceded to the British in 1763

Answer 15

New France

Question 16

(1540-1596) Privateer, naval officer, and explorer known for circumnavigating the world between 1577 and 1580, attacking Spanish galleons for their gold, and serving as second in command when the Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588

Answer 16

Sir Francis Drake

Question 17

In 1602 the Netherlands gave this company a monopoly over trade in the Indian Ocean. Private investors who bought shares in the company were amply rewarded when it captured control of long-distance trade in the Indian Ocean from the Portuguese

Answer 17

Dutch East India Company