Explorers
Explored for Spain, known for "discovering" America
Who is Columbus?
What did these desires lead to?
1. To expand into new lands
2. To acquire goods
3. To spread Christianity
What is The Age of Exploration?
What is Machu Picchu?
Name 1 piece of superior technology brought to the New World by the Europeans to dominate the natives.
What is gun, horses, or steel.
European disease that wiped out more native Americans than any other is what?
What is smallpox?
"The Navigator" who built a sailing school in Portugal to develop faster ships, new sailing equipment, and more accurate maps.
Who is Prince Henry "The Navigator"?
Disease, starvation, poor maps and navigational tools were all obstacles faced by who?
What are explorers?
Where did the French gain most of their wealth in North America?
What is the fur trade?
What technological advancement in sailing was new and improved sailing vessels?
What are caravels (triangle sails)?
(will also accept astrolabe, compass, clock, etc)
A person who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
Where did Christopher Columbus's first voyage land? (Specific Name)
Hispaniola / Caribbeans
Which European country was the first to send out explorers?
What is Portugal?
Name the 2 nations that established settlements in South America in the 1500s.
Who are Spain and Portugal?
What is a settlement in a distant land whose citizens keep close ties to their parent country?
What is a Colony?
Which animal brought to the new world would eventually become strongly associated with Native Americans?
What is horse?
First explorer to attempt to circumnavigate the earth
Who is Magellan?
What was the main problem the Spanish faced in trying to enslave Native Americans?
What is disease?
The Treaty of Tordesillas, brainchild of the Pope, did what?
Name 2 of the main reasons for conquest in the New World by Europeans.
What is spreading Christianity and making a profit (money)?
To go all the way around the earth
What is circumnavigate?
Explorer who navigated a route around the southern tip of Africa and into the Indian Ocean.
Who is Vasco Da Gama
Trading posts in the interior regions of North America along the Mississippi were established by which Europeans?
Who are the French?
What did European exploration in the New World via Africa bring during the Columbia Exchange?
Who are African Slaves?
What 2 things weakened the Incan Empire before Pizarro arrived?
What is smallpox and civil war?
Conquerors (Spanish-Americas) who used God to justify their attacks
Who are conquistadors?