EXPANSION AND DISCOVERIES
BOURGEOISIE
The wealthy
social class of merchants and property owners.
CARAVEL
A small, fast
sailing ship that was used for expeditions after the 15 th century.
CATHOLIC
MONARCHS
A title held
jointly by Queen Isabel I of Castilla and King Fernando II of Aragón, who were
named the Reyes Católicos by the Pope.
EXPEDITION
An organised
journey of discovery or conquest.
HIEROGLYPHICS
A pictorical
form of writing, used by the Mayas and other early civilisations..
INNOVATIONS
The
development of new inventions and techniques.
INQUISITION
In Spain, a
religious tribunal that acted with great severity against Christian converts
who secretly practised their previous religion..
MAYORAZGO
The
inheritance of a noble’s entire estate by his oldest son or closest relative.
MERCHANT
A person who
ravelled long distances to buy and sell goods.
MILITARY
ORDER
A religious
association of warriors who fought on behalf of Christianity in the Crusades
and the Reconquest.
MORISCO
A Muslim convert
to Christianity after the whole Iberian after the whole Iberian Peninsula
became Christian in 1492.
PEASANT
An
agricultural worker, who was sometimes free and sometimes a serf.
SANTA
HERMANDAD
A type of very
early police force that kept order in both
the cities and the counryside.
SEPHARDI
The cultura
and traditions of the Jews who left Spain in 1492.
TERRACES
A series of
raised areas of land made flat for agricultural use in mountains regions like
the Andes..
TRADE ROUTE
A network of
cities, rivers and roads where merchants travelled.
VICEROY
A Royal
oficial who ruled a very large territory called a Viceroyalty in the name of
the monarch.
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