Latin America Study Guide
Latin America Test Study Guide
1. Explorers for Spain and Portugal: a. Portuguese i. First to launch large-scale operations ii. Prince Henry supported explorations, established court—sent expeditions west to Atlantic islands, south to Western African coast—Portuguese settled Azores and Madeira Islands, learned about African coast—gold and slaves iii. Wanted water route around Africa to India—Bartolomeu Dias attempted, pushed back iv. Vasco da Gama completed journey, learned about Muslim merchants, sailed to Calicut, India v. Pedro Cabral sent to India—sailed west, ‘discovered’ Brazil vi. Trade established between Portugal and India—Portuguese =set out to find other lands vii. Made Portugal rich and powerful b. Spanish: viii. Ferdinand and Isabella funded Columbus’ voyage to reach China by sailing west around world ix. Columbus was wrong about earth’s size—ignorant of Americas, believed Caribbean were Indies x. Returned with exotic items/native Americans—hailed as a hero xi. Amerigo Vespucci sailed along south American coast, concluded land was not Asia—later, land was named America xii. Vasco Nunez de Balboa sent to explore America—crossed Isthmus of Panama, became first European to see Pacific xiii. Ferdinand Magellan sent to circumnavigate globe—died in Philippines, crew led by Juan Sebastian de Elanco completed journey c. Both: xiv. Proximity to Atlantic made exploration easy xv. Sought routes to Asia xvi. Set up trade with foreign regions xvii. ‘Discovered’ Americas xviii. Impactful feats of navigation xix. Supported by monarchs 2. Treaty of Tordesillas d. Between Spanish and Portuguese—drew line in Atlantic to divide Americas—west of line belonged to Spanish (included most of Americas because true size was unknown at the time), east of
1. Explorers for Spain and Portugal: a. Portuguese i. First to launch large-scale operations ii. Prince Henry supported explorations, established court—sent expeditions west to Atlantic islands, south to Western African coast—Portuguese settled Azores and Madeira Islands, learned about African coast—gold and slaves iii. Wanted water route around Africa to India—Bartolomeu Dias attempted, pushed back iv. Vasco da Gama completed journey, learned about Muslim merchants, sailed to Calicut, India v. Pedro Cabral sent to India—sailed west, ‘discovered’ Brazil vi. Trade established between Portugal and India—Portuguese =set out to find other lands vii. Made Portugal rich and powerful b. Spanish: viii. Ferdinand and Isabella funded Columbus’ voyage to reach China by sailing west around world ix. Columbus was wrong about earth’s size—ignorant of Americas, believed Caribbean were Indies x. Returned with exotic items/native Americans—hailed as a hero xi. Amerigo Vespucci sailed along south American coast, concluded land was not Asia—later, land was named America xii. Vasco Nunez de Balboa sent to explore America—crossed Isthmus of Panama, became first European to see Pacific xiii. Ferdinand Magellan sent to circumnavigate globe—died in Philippines, crew led by Juan Sebastian de Elanco completed journey c. Both: xiv. Proximity to Atlantic made exploration easy xv. Sought routes to Asia xvi. Set up trade with foreign regions xvii. ‘Discovered’ Americas xviii. Impactful feats of navigation xix. Supported by monarchs 2. Treaty of Tordesillas d. Between Spanish and Portuguese—drew line in Atlantic to divide Americas—west of line belonged to Spanish (included most of Americas because true size was unknown at the time), east of