Global Economy

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A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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A practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.

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Triangular Trade

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Spanish conquistador that defeated the Incan empire. Although the Incan King met his demands for rooms filled with gold & silver for the King's release, the King was strangled.

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Pizarro

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First man to led an expedition that circumnavigated the globe.

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Magellan

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Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.

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Conquistadors

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Segment of the forced journey that captured Africans made from Africa to America throughout the 1600's; it consisted of the dangerous trip across the Atlantic Ocean; many slaves perished on this segment of the journey.

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Middle Passage

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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico

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Cortes

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An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

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Mercantilism

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Who mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India?

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Christopher Columbus

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The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.

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Columbian Exchange