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| an early conquistador; a landowner in Cuba; conquered the Aztecs |
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| the capital of the Aztec empire |
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| served as Cortes' translator and advisor; helped Cortes arrange alliances with other groups who hated the Aztecs |
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| the Aztec emperor; feared Cortes was a god so he gave his goods, silver and gold; |
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| Spaniard; conquered Incas in 1532 |
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| a priest who condemned the evils of the encomienda system; Spanish |
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| formed an international trade network that arose in the 1500s |
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| the second leg of the triangular trade route |
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| an island chain in Indonesia; called the Spice Islands |
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| sponsored exploration for Portugal; saw great potential in Africa |
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| Portuguese navigator; led 4 ships around the Cape of Good Hope |
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| an Italian navigator from Genoa; wanted to reach the East Indies |
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| an agreement signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 |
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| set sail from Spain in 1519; wanted to reach the Pacific; found it and and continued on, therefore being the first crew to circumnavigate the world |
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| an East African hub of international trade; Portuguese sailed there |
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| ruler of Kongo in west-central Africa; one of first to oppose the slave trade |
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| ruler of Asante Kingdom; united his kingdom by claiming that people were linked by spiritual bonds |
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| in present-day Nigeria; controlled by the Yoruba people; used wealth from slave trade to build huge empire |
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| the first permanent European settlement to supply ships to and from the East Indies |
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| dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town |
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