Atahualpa
The Inca had just been through a bitter civil war between two rival brothers for the throne, and though this one had won, the empire was much weakened. Pizarro met him near the city of Cajamarca in 1532, where his small group of soldiers seized the Inca leader from a litter carried by nobles. He was imprisoned, and agreed to fill rooms with gold in exchange for his release. He kept his promise, but the Spaniards did not. He was first baptized as a Christian and then strangled.
caravel
The new ship developed by the Portugese was called this, which was much smaller than a Chinese junk, but its size allowed the exploitation of shallow coastal areas and rivers, and it was strong enough to withstand storms on the ocean.
cash crops
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castas
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Columbian Exchange
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Christopher Columbus
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conquistadors
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Hernán Cortés
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creoles
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Vasco Da Gama
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Barthomew Dias
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encomienda
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encomenderos
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Great Circuit
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Atlantic Circuit
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Henry the Navigator
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indentured servitude
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joint-stock companies
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Bartholomé de Las Casas
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Manila galleons
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mercantilism
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mestizos
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Middle Passage
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mit'a
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Moctezuma
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mulattos
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peninsulares
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Francisco Pizarro
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Protestant work ethic
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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viceroyalties
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viceroys
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Yongle
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Zhenge He
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The Jesuits, founded in the mid-16th century, most directly supported the ideals of the
Catholic Reformation
What is a basic precept of the Scientific Revolution?
empirical observation and reliance on human reasoning
