Vocab
Finding one's location
What is Navigation
Searched for a western route to India; first one to land in North America
Who is Christopher Columbus?
an explosive powder that could be used in weapons
What is gunpowder?
My capital is Lisbon and we sent many explorers around Africa to India
What is Portugal?
What is a caravel?
Led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
A magnetic device that tells you the direction of the North and South poles
What is a compass?
My capital is Madrid and we sent Columbus to find a new route to India
What is Spain?
One who buys and sells goods from others
What is a merchant?
Early Portuguese supporter of exploration and navigation
A tool that measured the height of the sun or a star, and told you a relative location.
what is an astrolabe?
I am home to the Aztec people. They were conquered by Hernan Cortes
What is Mexico?
A spanish conqueror
What is a conquistador?
Went around Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and landed in India
Who is Vasco de Gama?
A tool that provides latitude and longitude
What is a sextant?
The southern most tip of Africa
What is the cape of good hope?
Outbreak of disease that spread quickly
What is an epidemic?
One of the first Europeans to land in North America, hundereds of years before Columbus.
Who is Leif Ericsson?
Provides latitude at sea and the exact measurement of time
What is a chronometer?
An early trade system between Europe and North America
What is the Columbian Exchange?