Explorers
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered the Caribbean islands.
Christopher Columbus
This powerful civilization was located in what is now Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Columbia in South America.
The Incas
Exploration was motivated by the the 3 G's.
Gold, God, Glory
Pigs, cattle and horses came from this world.
The Old World
There are ______ continents.
7
His hope was to find the fountain of youth, but instead explored what is now Florida.
Juan Ponce De Leon
In 1519, a Spanish conquistador named Hernán Cortés led an expedition to explore and colonize what was once this Indigenous groups area.
The Aztec
Name 2 risks of exploration.
scurvy, lost, pirates, mutiny, boredom, weather
This group of people came from the Old World to the New World.
African Slaves
This gives us the intermediate and cardinal directions.
Compass Rose
He was the first to sail around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
This group were known to be great astronomers and mathematicians.
The Maya
The Age of Exploration took off because of these technological advancements.
Compass, astrolabe, lateen sail, caravel
This was a large cause of the population devastation of Native Americans.
diseases: measles, mumps or smallpox
These are imaginary lines on a map that help us pinpoint locations.
Latitude and Longitude
He sailed for Spain and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
Columbus was the first to discover this group in the Carribbean.
The Taino
You are in charge of the voyage and responsible for the crew.
Captain
True or false: Sugar cane originated in the Americas and became a profitable resource.
False.
A legend on a map describes...
symbols, colors or styles
His expedition was the first group of Europeans to explore North America since the Vikings explored hundreds of years earlier.
John Cabot
This indigenous group is still around today in what is now New York, Canada and Wisconsin.
The Iroquois
This Spanish explorer traveled through what is now Colorado.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
The Columbian Exchange was...
the transfer of diseases, plants, animals, and humans