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Ottoman/America's

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Columbian Exchange
the exchange of goods and ideas between the americas and europe
Ferdinand Magellan
First man to make a circumnavigation and prove that the world was round.
Monteczuma
an aztec ruler who built a palace and a safeguard around Tenochtitlan and was the ruler when Cortes arrived.
astrolabe
an astronomical device to determine latitude
Middle Passage
The journey from the western african coast to america to transport slaves
Hernan Cortes
a spanish conquistador who explored latin america and claimed it for spain
Tikal
The largest Mayan city in present day Guatemala.
mulattoes
the native american labor force
Incas
located in peru and lived in the mountain tops.Used terrace farming and quipas.
Atlantic Slave Trade
the trade of slaves from africa to america
millet
in the Ottoman empire, a religious community of non-Muslims
Suleiman the Great
Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire. Known as The Magnificent in the East, and the "Lawgiver" in the west because he completely reconstructed the legal system.
terrace farming
used by the incans to farm on mountains tops by cutting into them
chinampas
artificial islands
Mayas
Lived in the yucatan peninsula and laster from 300 - 900 a.d.. Vanished society..
viceroys
representatives who reuled in the kings name in each province of the spanish empire
Tenochtitlan
The Aztecs capitol city, present-day Mexico
Aztecs
hunters and warriors who moved from the north into Central America
Prince Henry the Navigator
Established schools for mapmaking and ship travel, and sparked the exploration of the atlantic down the african coast.
Istanbul
Former Constantinople. Now capital of Ottoman Empire
quipas
a collection of knotted, colored string to keep records.
peninsulares
Highest class in the spanish empire of pure Europeans
mestizos
People of mixed ancestry
triangular trade
The trade of goods and slaves from africa to the americas to europe and many other combinations
Treaty of Tordesillas
a treaty to spplit the world between the Spanish and the Portuguese
encomiendas
The right to demand labor from native americans in a particular area
janissaries
a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan(
creoles
People born in america but had European parents
Christopher Columbus
a Sailed to look for india and ended up landing on Hispaniola
mercantilism
a system where colonies exist to provide raw materials and markets to the "mother country"
conquistadors
spanish explorers who claimed American land for stain in the 1500's and the 1600's
Francisco Pizzaro
arrived in peru in 1532 and conquered lands in south america for spain
Olmecs
First known american civilization known for making giant jade and stone heads.
cartographers
mapmakers
Vasco da Gama
Sailed around the cape of good hope and attained spices which he sold for 3000%
Bartolome de las Casas
athe father of anti-imperialism, a catholic preist who wanted to stop the encomienda system

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