Explorers
Who was originally was on a mission to find a new route to India, but instead found the Americas?
Which technology showed the direction in which the ships are traveling and can be held in the palm of your hand?
What is a compass?
What good single handedly saved the settlement Jamestown?
Who was the first country to venture out of their homeland in search of a new passage to India?
Who is Portugal?
Who was the first man to sail around the entire world?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Which instrument of technology measured the angles of the sun and stars to determine latitude?
What is the astrolabe?
Along with the transfer of foods and ideas, what severely affected the New World?
What is disease?
What was the system used by the conquerors to order the indigenous people?
What is the Encomienda System?
What country became jealous of Portugal and wanted to find a quicker way to find India by heading west?
What is Spain?
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Who was Hernan Cortes?
What was specific about the caravel ships?
What are triangular sails?
Which world was the ultimate benefactor from the Columbian Exchange?
What was the Old World?
What was an advantage of the Natives against the conquerors that ultimately led to a decrease in forced native labor, along with disease?
They knew the land and how to escape
What country was Christopher Columbus sponsored by?
What is Spain?
Who landed in South America and defeated the Inca Empire?
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
What newly innovated weapon was brought on long distance trade explorations that would arm and protect them?
What was the cannon?
What year did the Columbian Exchange begin?
When is 1492?
What was the name of the voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World?
Who ultimately gained the upper hand in the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Who is Spain?
Which conquerer sailed all the way to India?
Who was Vasco de Gama?
What device helped sailors navigate the ocean by measuring the north star above the horizon?
What is the quadrant?
What year did the Columbian Exchange end?
When is 1800?
What percent of Africans died before they reached the Americas?
What is 20%?
What was the need for the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Growing tensions and arguments over land