Motivational Factors and Technology
What was the first of three reasons Europeans crossed oceans and faced danger?
What is God
Portugal led the way in exploration because of this man.
Who is Prince Henry
The city that took the place of Tenochtitlan
What is Mexico City
The country that funded Columbus
Who is Spain
By the 1800s, an estimated 11 million enslaved Africans had reached the Americas. Another 2 million probably died during the
What is the middle passage
What was the second of three reasons Europeans crossed oceans and faced danger?
What is Glory
The nickname given to the Prince
What is the Navigator
The number of people in Mexico who spoke Spanish before the Conquistadors arrived
What is 0
Those that followed in the wake of Columbus
What is the conquistadors
The reason the slave trade happened
What is the need for labor in Spain's American Empire
What was the final reason Europeans crossed oceans and faced danger?
What is Gold
Portuguese explorer who reached India by going around Africa in 1497.
Vasco da Gama
The number of people that were a part of the Christian religion before the Conquistadors arrived
what is 0
The reason half of the natives died
What is illness
The first of three advantages in using Africans in the Americas
What is immunity to European diseases
This ship combined the square sails of European vessels with the lateen (triangular) sails of their Arab counterparts. The new rigging made it easier to sail across and into the wind.
What is a Caravel
Portuguese explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias
he landed on the Mexican coast in 1519, where he found a huge civilization known as the AZTEC EMPIRE.
Who is Hernan Cortes
How Columbus was able to save his crew from starvation
What is an eclipse
The second of three advantages in using Africans in the Americas
What is an experience in farming
This device was used to measure the angles of the sun and stars above the horizon to determine Latitutde and Longitude.
What is Astrolabe
The amount of voyages the Prince paid for
what is 14
a line of hereditary rulers of a country
What is a dynasty
THe country that Columbus was born in
What is Italy
The third of three advantages in using Africans in the Americas
What is unfamiliarity with the area