Explorers
Bartolomeu Diaz was famous for sailing around the tip of this continent.
Africa
A caravel is ___________.
A smaller and lighter ship that could better control the wind.
Spain conquered what is now this country.
Mexico
The Columbian exchange was ______________.
A movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the east and west hemispheres.
What year did Columbus find America?
1492.
This explorer was famous for this conquest of this empire?
Aztec Empire
Navigation is _____________.
Planning a course and finding a location far from land.
A colony is ____________.
A settlement far from the country that rules it.
Plantations are _______________.
Large estates with many slaves/workers.
What did Columbus think he found when he landed?
That he was in India.
These explorers were the first Europeans to arrive at the Americas.
The Vikings.
The Aztec empire was defeated because the Spanish had ____________.
Guns, horses, armor.
The greatest danger to the Native Americans was _____________.
Disease - smallpox.
Who searched for the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce de Leon
Spain founded this famous city in 1565.
St. Augustine.
This explorer was the first to sail around the world.
Ferdinan Magellan
This device helped sailors tell how far north or south of the equator they were.
An astrolab
A conquistador is _________.
A Spanish conquerer.
Why did some Europeans agree to be patrons for explorers?
They could gain land and riches. They could spread Christianity.
This is the name of the Aztec ruler.
Montezuma.
What was Prince Henry known for?
Opening a school for Navigation and mapmaking.
What invention by the Chinese became extremely useful to the Eutopean explorers?
Gunpowder
The name of the city conquered by the Spanish.
Tenochtitlan.
What are two words the Native Americans shared with the Europeans.
Canoe
Hurricane
Moose
Skunk
Mr. Sobo's favorite historical figure is....
Spartacus!