Ottoman Empire & Trade
The city captured by the Ottomans in 1453, marking the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
The Portuguese prince who sponsored exploration and was nicknamed "The Navigator."
Who is Prince Henry?
The explorer who began Spanish expeditions to the Americas in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Portuguese explorer who first sailed directly to India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
Capital of the Aztec Empire ruled by Montezuma II.
What is Tenochtitlan?
The seas dominated by the Ottoman navy near southeastern Europe.
What are the Black Sea and Adriatic Sea?
The explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Spanish colonies differed from Portuguese ones by controlling this.
What is land and local populations?
The leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Disease that caused massive death among Native Americans after European contact.
What is smallpox?
The Ottoman Empire controlled these routes that were crucial for Afroeurasian trade.
What are land and sea trade routes?
The continent where Portugal established trading posts and stone fortresses along the coast.
What is Africa?
The Spanish monarchs who funded Columbus’ voyage.
Who are Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
The loss suffered by indigenous people besides land and life.
What are cultural and religious losses?
The Ottomans extracted wealth mainly by controlling these rather than colonies.
What are shipping and trading routes?
Portuguese explorers were inspired by the legendary wealth of this Malian king.
Who is Mansa Musa?
The 1494 treaty that divided new lands between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The conquistador who defeated the Inca Empire.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
The factor that allowed Spaniards to conquer indigenous empires despite being outnumbered.
What are native rivalries and alliances?
The Ottoman Empire’s control pushed Europeans to find new ways to reach this continent’s wealth.
What is Asia?
Portuguese explorers reached this country in 1498, opening a sea route to Asia.
What is India?
officials who investigated and prosecuted alleged heretics or those considered to be against religious doctrine
Who are the inquisitors?
The island Christopher Columbus first landed on in the Americas.
What is Hispaniola?
The crop native to the Americas that became a staple in Europe after the Columbian Exchange. (give the Native American name)
What is maize (corn)?