Identify and explain the significance of each item below.

conquistador (p. 433)

caravel (p. 433)

Ptolemy’s Geography (p. 433)

Treaty of Tordesillas (p. 440)

Mexica Empire (p. 441)

Inca Empire (p. 443)

viceroyalties (p. 445)

encomienda system (p. 446)

Columbian exchange (p. 448)