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| Arab, African, and Asian Trade |
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Arab- Center of trade routes between Meditteranean, Europe, North Africa, and Asia
Africa- East African area served as an important trade center
Asia- Large fleets of ships sent out by Zheng for exploration |
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| Spanish conquerors or explorers, motivated by God, gold, and glory |
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Accidentaly sailed to America in 1492 looking for a western root to India;
He was Portuguese, but Portugal already had a trade route to India, so he spailed for spain |
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| Crossed the Isthmus of Panama with help from the Natives; once he saw the Pacific he knew the land Columbus found wasn't India and he claimed it for Spain |
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| Searched for the Fountain of Youth |
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| Explored for the Dutch and went to North America; he explored the Hudson River (which was named after him) ; His crew rebelled after a harsh winter and they set him and his son adrift in the Hudson Bay |
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| Portugeuse sea captain, but he sailed for Spain; he made the first attempt to circumnavigate the world, but was killed in a battle with the locals of the Phillipine Islands |
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| Wampanoag Indian that helped the Pilgrims most; was a prisoner of war previously and lived in England for a while so he knew the language ; taught settlers what plants to grow and how to catch eels with their bare hands |
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| Raised money to outfit a colony and in 1585 he sailed to present day North Carolina and started Roanoke |
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| Printing press was invented which led to higher literacy rates; people began seeing how corrupt was |
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| Divided Spanish colonies into three settlements (pueblos, presidios, missions), and four social classes (peninsulares. creoles, mestizos, Indians) |
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