Age of Exploration Causes
The Spanish name given to a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
Who are 'conquistadors'?
I am an explorer for Spain who searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended up in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Who is 'Christopher Columbus'?
The Age of exploration started on this continent
Europe
The magnetic compass always points ...
What is 'North'?
Amount of Native Americans that died without a single shot being fired, and how?
up to 90%, because of disease
This explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Cortes
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"
Atlantic Ocean
I am a Venetian and I am well known for my journals about my journey to China.
This country was able to set up the most colonies over in the New World
What is 'Spain'?
Where was Ferdinand Magellan killed by natives?
the Philippines
This group was technically the first to arrive in North America, even before Columbus
The Vikings.
A series of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia
Silk Road
My crew was the first to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
What was is name of the Incan City high in the Andes mountains that was abandoned and forgotten for hundreds of years?
Maccu Piccu
What new type of ship did the explorers use to travel far distances?
Caravel
The three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration
To find gold, explore (find new trade routes) and spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
Sailing around the world...
What is 'circumnavigate'?
Daughter of Powhatan who travelled to England and married John Rolfe
Pocahantas
The travel of plants, animals, ideas and diseases between the Old World and New World
Columbian Exchange
Instrument used by sailors to measure position of stars and figure out their latitude.
What is the astrolabe/sextant
Successful leader of Jamestown Colony, who was once saved by a Native American Princess
Who is John Smith?
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Tenochtitlan
The dominant economic theory of the time in which countries power was based on wealth.
Mercantilism
Why were the Spanish King and Queen able to fund a voyage to the New World when they did?
The Reconquista and just ended. Moors kicked out of Spain
Name given to a person who actually draws or produces maps
Who is a 'cartographer'?
Leader of the Aztecs
Montezuma
The Spanish system where Native Americans became enslaved laborers tied to the land.
Encomienda System
Highest social class in the Spanish colonies. 100% Spanish born.
What are Peninsulares?