APUSH-Amsco Chapter 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

APUSH-Amsco Chapter 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Christopher Columbus - Answer️️ -He was an italian navigator who, in 1492, was granted a voyage of three ships. He sought out to find a quicker path to the Indies, but instead he wound up in the "New World". Columbus brought permanent connection between Europe and Native Americans New World - Answer️️ -Also known as the Americas, the new world was the land that columbus discovered in 1492. The new world was also the land that England, Spain, Portugal and France started to colonize. During colonization, the Europeans were first introduced to the Native Americans who inhabited the land Amerigo Vespucci - Answer️️ -Another italian navigator who corrected Columbus's mistake(s), acknowledging the coasts of america as a new world. America is named after him. Papal Line of Demarcation - Answer️️ -The dividing line in the new world. Spain and Portugal were the first to claim land and when they could not settle on equally dividing it, they turned to the pope for help. In 1493 the pope drew the Papal Line of Demarcation and gave Spain everyting to the west of it and Portugal everything to the right Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) - Answer️️ -In accordance to the Papal Line of Demarcation, Spain and Portugal agreed to sign the Treaty of Tordesillas. This moved the line over a few degrees on the map ©SOPHIABENNETT 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 7:59 PM Page | 2 Vasco Nunez de Balboa - Answer️️ -Navigator who made the journey the Isthmus of Panama to the Paciffic ocean before the new world was discovered Ferdinand Megellan - Answer️️ -Sailor who captianed the voyages that went out on the circumnavigation of the world in the early years of the 1600's Hernan Cortes - Answer️️ -Spanish conquistador who conquored the Aztecs in Mexico for Spain, 1519 Francisco Pizarro - Answer️️ -A Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in 1745 Conquistador - Answer️️ -A spanish conqueror, who explored and conqured the Americas in serach of wealth and land, 1600's Encomienda System - Answer️️ -In the 1600's, this was the system that was granted to the spanish settlers byt thier king. This system meant that the Native Americans that ocuppied the spanish lands were put to work and anything that came from thier labour was givin to the spainards Asiento System - Answer️️ -System also used by the Spanish. The Spanish used this system to bring people from West Africa as labor. However, the spanish had to pay a tax to their king for every slave they brought to the Americas John Cabot - Answer️️ -An italian sea captian who was under contract to England's King. He explored the coast of Newfoundland in 1497 Giovanni de Verrazano - Answer️️ -An italian navigator w