Vocabulary
People that are known to buy and sell goods are often referred to as:
Merchants
This explorer was an early supporter of exploration and navigation
Prince Henry
Person who gives money to support another person, cause, mission or effort.
Patron
What did people learn to do at Prince Henrys School?
Learned about navigational tools, mapmaking and shipbuilding
Movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures became know as the
Columbian Exchange
To inspect or look at carefully
Examine
This explorer sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
Bartolomeo Diaz
Groups of Spanish soldiers are often now referred to as
Conquistadors
Where did Ponce de Leon begin his journey?
Puerto Rico
Large estates run by an owner or overseer, usually planted cash crops like sugar cane, cotton and tobacco were called
Plantation
Process that sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land
Navigation
Ferdinand Magellan
A group of nations ruled by a single group or leader is called an
Empire
What technological advances do we still use today?
Compass, Caravel/Ships, Maps, Trade Routes
The year in which Columbus first arrived in what is now referred to as the Bahamas
1492
Navigation tool that measured the height of the sun or a star above the horizon. Let sailors know how far from the equator they were.
Astrolabe
This explorer led an expedition to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs on a day remembered as "La Noche Triste" or "The Night of Sorrow"
Hernan Cortes
A settlement or area far from the country that rules it is called a
Colony
Europeans introduced crops such as ______ and __________ to the Americas
(Potatoes, Grapes, Corn, Horses, Wheat)
Wheat and Grapes
The region where the Vikings were from is called
Scandanavia
In the early 1400's an early Portuguese ship
Caravel
This explorer crossed the Indian Ocean and reached India, became the "first" Portuguese explorer to reach Asia on water
Vasco Da Gama
An outbreak of disease that spread quickly and affects many people is called an
Epidemic
Europeans returned home with crops like ________________ and ___________________
(Potatoes, chickens, corn, cheese, horses, sheep)
Corn and Potatoes
The leader/ruler of the Aztec people was named
Monctezuma