Vocab
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Compass
He and his army reached Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
This country is home to Prince Henry the Navigator.
Portugal
Pedro Alvares Cabral and this man made the first successful sailing trips around Africa to reach Asia and formed a rich trade empire for Portugal.
Vasco da Gama
This explorer is credited with being the first to travel all the way around the globe even though he died part way through the journey, struck with a poison arrow.
Ferdinand Magellan
To travel completely around something, usually by water.
Circumnavigate
He conquered the Inca Empire in 1531.
A Spanish settlement where you might find priests who want to convert the local people to Christianity.
Mission
The Mali, Ghana, and Songhai were powerful empires on the west coast of this continent.
Africa
Henry Hudson and his son were left adrift on this body of water after their crew mutinied.
Hudson Bay
Islamic place of worship.
Mosque
He searched for the NW Passage, he failed to find it but claimed Newfoundland for England.
John Cabot
A direct water route to Asia west through the Americas.
The Northwest Passage
This empire was ruled by Montezuma and its capital city was Tenochtitlan.
Aztec
This conquistador was searching for the 7 cities of gold and was the first to step in the Mississippi River, where he was left by his men to die of fever.
Hernando de Soto
Resistance to disease.
Immunity
He searched for the 7 cities of gold. He is credited with exploring Northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and then crossed the Colorado River to Kansas.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the world into two trading zones between Spain and this other country.
Portugal
This powerful empire built over 10,000 miles of roads to connect its vast regions.
Inca
This man explored for England and looked for the NW Passage but found Newfoundland. He disappeared on his journey, never to be seen again.
John Cabot
A form of Christianity in opposition to the Catholic Church.
Protestantism
Explored for Portugal looking for a sea route to Asia around Africa. He was the first to sail to the Cape of Good Hope.
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco Nunez de Balboa trekked through thick jungle to get across the isthmus that forms this modern country and see the Pacific Ocean.
Panama
Changing empires across Asia caused this water route to the Indies to become difficult or impossible to travel.
Spice Route
This conquistador explored the eastern coast of the US before unfortunately being eaten by cannibals in the Caribbean.
Giovanni de Verrazano