Exploration in Americas
Impact of Motivation
Motivation for Exploration
Exploration in Americas II
Pouperri
100
Christopher Columbus sailed for this country.
What is Spain
100
Name a disease that was brought with the Europeans to the Americas.
What is smallpox, syphilis, polio, hepatitis, dysentery.
100
What were two different spices that the Europeans wanted better access to?
What is nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, clove...
100
This Spanish explorer encountered the Aztecs in Mexico.
What is Cortes.
100
This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world.
What is Ferdinand Magellan
200
This explorer helped popularize exploration to the New World.
What is Columbus.
200
What were the two social classes in South America that were considered the lowest?
What is mestizo and mulatto
200
What religion did exploring countries want to spread?
What is Christianity
200
This explorer encountered the Inca in Peru
What is Francisco Pizarro
200
What two people funded Columbus' voyage?
What is Ferdinand and Isabella
300
This explorer first traveled to Hispaniola after being inspired by Columbus.
What is Cortes
300
How did Europeans view the native populations they were encountering?
What is viewed many of them as uncivilized and needed to be colonized.
300
The astrolabe was significant because it did this.
Determines latitude.
300
This is one reason explorers were able to conquer the Aztecs and Inca.
What is they were viewed as gods, they had a biological advantage...
300
What country was Henry Hudson from?
What is England
400
This explorer brought 600 men, some horses and one cannon with him to the Americas.
What is Cortes.
400
List one way sea exploration changed the world.
What is new continents, new civilizations, new crops....
400
This is why the caravel was a more efficient type of ship.
What is triangle and square sails from Middle East and Europe to catch the wind.
400
Where were all early sea explorations trying to find routes to?
What is Asia
400
This is the name of the Aztec emperor.
What is Montezuma
500
This is the name of the capital city of the Aztec empire.
What is Tenochtitlan.
500
This social class in South America was the only class to be able to have government positions.
What is peninsulares.
500
Give one negative impact that exploration had on European countries.
What is it introduced having to rule colonies, colonies would rebel or take a lot of resources to control, have to fund expeditions...
500
Columbus took 4 voyages to this location.
What is the Bahamas.
500
What country was Cortes exploring for?
What is Spain
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