Explorers
The explorer credited with first discovering North America.
Lief Erikson
This was the most useful instrument.
Compass
Used his royal title to set up a school to advance his country.
Prince Henry
This city was built on a floating island in the middle of a lake.
Tenochtitlan OR Teno
The document that allowed the Spanish to conquer and enslave natives who didn't convert to Catholicism.
The Requerimiento
The conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Dead Reckoning
Despite his ransom being paid, this ruler was brutally killed by his captor.
Atahualpa
Far East Asia.
The Orient
When the King & Queen finally forced the Moors out of Spain.
Reconquista
A Jesuit missionary in Japan.
Francis Xavier
This measuring tool was used to determine latitude.
Astrolabe
The governor of the Spanish colony of Cuba, who Cortes disobeyed in his quest for gold.
Governor Velazquez
The first island Columbus landed on; it was inhabited by the Tainos.
San Salvador
This was decided upon by Pope Alexander VI.
The Line of Demarcation
The Italian explorer hired by King Henry VII to lead the first English expedition to the Americas.
John Cabot
This prevented the loss of life due to scurvy.
Citrus fruits (orange, lemons, limes, grapefruits)
The Spanish royalty who completed the Reconquista.
King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
Cuzco
This final agreement in 1494 handed over Brazil to the Portuguese.
Treaty of Tordesillas or Treaty of Tortillas
The Portuguese explorer who became the governor of India and set up a trading center in Malacca, India.
Albuquerque
These assisted the sailors by consistently going east to west.
Trade winds.
The ruler who was stoned to death by his own people, who did not agree with his idea to surrender.
Montezuma II
This city is where present-day Mexico City is located.
Valle de Mexico
The period when good and information flowed freely between the East and the West.
The Pax Mongolica