Gs Ch. 1 - History Summary PDF

Gs ch. 1 Difficult Keywords ================== 1.1 --- - Reinassance: seen as the rebirth of antiquity - Early modern period: period at end of the middle ages in which modern science and global economy emerge - Worldview: way a person interprets the world - Humanist: scholar who st...

Gs ch. 1 Difficult Keywords ================== 1.1 --- - Reinassance: seen as the rebirth of antiquity - Early modern period: period at end of the middle ages in which modern science and global economy emerge - Worldview: way a person interprets the world - Humanist: scholar who studies ancient texts and trusts in the ability to think for oneself. 1.2 --- - Age of exploration: 1450-1700 1.3 --- - Tainto people: indigenous people from the Caribbean islands Columbus explored 1.4 --- - Aztec empire: empire of Mexica people with a highly developed civilization - Inca empire: empire in Peru, Bolivia and Chili with a highly developed civilization. 1.5 --- - Encomienda: the right to let Indians work on land given to Spanish settlers General info ============ 1500-1600 Explorers & conquerors Symbol= boat (Santa Maria) Extra info ========== 1.1 --- Printing press invented bij Johannes Gutenberg in 1450 Scholars & artists interested in antiquity 1.2 --- 1271 Marco Polo joined dad & uncle from Venice to China Bartholomeo Diaz: to tip of Africa, close to coast Vasco de Gama: all the way to India with distance to Africa Ottomans conquered Constantinople = huge impact on silk road/monopoly 1.3 --- Ferdinand & Isabella got married and conquered Muslim Grenada (Reconquista) 3^rd^ of august, 1492 first expedition to America ('India') Columbus first exposed to Taíno people 2^nd^ island they went to named 'Hispaniola' Stranded boat, made fort Navidad from remains Left 39 sailors in fort Passed away in 1506 1.4 --- 1519 Hernán Cortés w/ 500 men Tenochtitlan = name of city Aztecs Ruler Aztecs = Moctezuma II Cortés & Pizarro = cousins Met at city Cajamarca Pizarro trapped Atahualpa (= king inca's) Typhus, flu, smallpox, measles 1.5 --- Bartolomé de las Casas opposed against abuse American slaves From 1550 slaves were handled better