Lesson 1
This is an instrument that helps determine the direction in which one is sailing
Compass
This person was the Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec
Hernan Cortes
This is a system for making goods in workers' homes
Cottage Industry
This word means 'to go completely around something, such as the world'
Circumnavigate
The French were interested in setting up these kinds of trading posts in North America
Fur
These were soldier-explorers who were sent from Spain to the Americas
This was a powerful Native American empire that was located in what is now called Mexico
Aztec
Entrepreneur
This was a large estate or farm that used enslaved people or hired workers
Plantation
These Native Americans ruled an empire in Peru
Inca
This person was a Greek geographer
Ptolemy
This man was a Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca in South America
Francisco Pizarro
This country settled in North America to take part in the fur trade
France
These were Catholic missionaries who taught Christianity to Native Americans
Jesuits
Spanish conquistadors explored as far north as this present day state in the United States
California
This person was an Arab geographer
al-Idrisi
This man was the ruler of the Inca who fought against Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa
These people were first Europeans to settle the region that is a part of present-day New York City
The Dutch
this man was an Englishman who explored the North American coasts of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in search of a waterway to Asia
John Cabot
This killed more Aztec people than Spanish weapons did
Diseases/Germs
3 Part: This treaty divided South America between these two countries
The Treaty of Tordesillas; Spain and Portugal
This was the name of the god that Montezuma mistook Hernan Cortes for
Quetzalcoatl
This was the first cash crop of the English settlements
Tobacco
This was the main motive behind the expeditions at the beginning of the Age of Exploration
A search for new routes to Asia
This invention made accurate maps readily available to sailors and explorers
The printing press