People
Vasco de Gama
Language of the Incas
Quechua
Who conquered the Aztecs
Cortes
The most useful tool for explorers
Compass
Francis Xavier
Ruler of the Incan Empire
Atahualpa
How did the Aztecs keep invaders out of their city?
Raising the bridges
Method of navigation that include using your best guess for location and direction
Dead reckoning
Sailed around the tip of Africa (in order to continue sailing around the world)
Ferdinand Magellan
Capital of the Incan Empire
Cuzco
Who was helpful to Cortes in defeating Montezuma? She was basically a spy
Malintzin
Founder of a school for navigation
Prince Henry the Navigator
Set up a trading center in Malacca
Afonso de Albuquerque
The three moral laws of Incan society
Do not lie, do not steal, do not be lazy
What did Montezuma do when he met Cortes and his men?
A risk from ocean exploration
Scurvy
Pope Alexander VI
Nickname for the Incas
"children of the sun"
Why did the Spanish say that they had to destroy the Aztecs?
Economic, social, religious, political