explorers
explorers part 2
vocab
vocab
vocab/important terms
100
he explored Panama to see the South Sea
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
100
His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
100
This was thought to be a way through North America that would allow ships to go from the Atlantic to Pacific
What is the Northwest Passage
100
sole economic control of a business or product
What is a monopoly
100
wiped out 30 million people. an epidemic-Bubonic Plague (1348-1350)
What is Black death
200
completed voyage around the world after the death of the original captain
Who is Juan Sebastian de Elcano
200
This explorer discovered North America-Canada region(Newfoundland) and became lost at sea
Who is John Cabot
200
royal governor of the newly discovered lands
What is a viceroy
200
businesses formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share the profits and losses
What is joint stock company
200
imaginary boundary line showing that Spain could explore and claim land, along with Portugal
What is Line of Demarcation
300
This explorer discovered South America (Brazil) by accident when he was following a route down west coast of Africa and blew off course
Who is Pedro Alvars Cabral
300
This explorer landed in India and found first eastern trade route to Asia
Who is Vasco de Gama
300
to change beliefs (Queen Isabella wanted the Taino to convert)
What is to change beliefs.
300
fast, maneuverable ship originally designed by Portuguese
What is caravel
300
ongoing battle in the 1490's to drive the Moors out of Spain. Spain won Granada
What is the Reconquista
400
Convinced Spanish rulers Kind Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to support search for new route to Asia to cross the Atlantic
Who is Christopher Columbus
400
In 1501, this explorer landed in South America, a German mapmaker named the continents after him
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
400
money or property that is used to earn more money
What is capital
400
gateway to Africa, India, and Americas
What is the Atlantic Ocean
400
Spain and Portugal signed this in June 1494. It moved the line 800 miles west and allowed Portugal more opportunity to claim land
What is Treaty of Tordesillas
500
explored the St. Lawrence river
Who is Jacques Cartier
500
This explorer was hired by the Dutch to find a northwest Passage. He explored present day New York/Canada
Who is Henry Hudson
500
tool used by navigators to determine ship's position by charting position of the stars
What is astrolabe
500
The South Sea was renamed the Pacific Ocean, Pacific-meaning..
What is peaceful (waters)
500
This person invented the movable printing press
Who is Johannes Guttenberg
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