Columbus
His Italian name
Cristoforo Columbi
Working for the Portuguese, he is the first to go around the south tip of Africa
Diaz
He is credited as the first European to reach North America, not Columbus
Leif Eriksson
He conquered the Aztecs with luck, timing, allies and pretending to be their god
Hernan Cortes
Pueblo
any 2 reasons he sailed west to Asia
to make money, to go faster, to prove the world was smaller than thought
also working for the Portuguese, he is the first to round the tip of south Africa and then travel by ship to the Spice Islands
De Gama
Viking explorers used these ships with rectangular sails
Long ship
This conquistador borrowed the strategies of Cortes to conquer the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
a Spanish church
A nickname for the area where Columbus intended to go
Spice Islands
Ponce de Leon
This Portuguese royal paid for schools, observatories and voyages of exploration to make Portugal a leading nation in exploring
This native woman helped Cortes by serving as his translator
Malinche or Malintizin
a Spanish military base or fort
Presidio
They eventually hired Columbus for the journey
Ferdinand and Isabella (of Spain)
Also a Spaniard, he will expand exploration around the Gulf of Mexico including finding the mouth of the Mississippi River
De Soto
This smaller, faster ship used by the Portuguese was crucial in their exploration
Caravel
Moctazuma II
This priest traveled New Spain trying to protect and convert natives to Christianity
De Las Casas
The exchange of goods and ideas from the new world to the old world and back is called this...
Columbian Exchange
This Spaniard will travel all around what will become the desert southwest of the the U.S. including seeing the Grand Canyon
Coronado
A new device used to plot the position of the stars helped the Portuguese explore
Astrolabe
The Aztec god that Cortes pretended to be
A social system that the Spanish used, it gave people privileges based on race and birth
Encomienda system