Technology
What is a strong sailing ship useful for long voyages?
What is: Carrack
What happened when England and Spain went to war with each other?
What is: John White could not return to Roanoke.
What is the meaning of the word Conquest?
What is: A territory that is occupied by force
Why are Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzaro known as "conquistadors"?
What is: They defeated native peoples and took control of their land
What is a moveable flat piece of wood or metal that helps steer a ship?
What is: Stern Rudder
What happened when the colonists of the second Roanoke colony did not have enough food?
What is: John White returned to England to get supplies.
Why did merchants provide funding for sea voyages to North and South America?
What is: Merchants wanted to find new ways to obtain goods from eastern Asia
In 1533, what did the Spanish do to show evidence that Cortes and Pizzaro were conquistadors?
What is: Captured the capital of the Inca Empire call Cuzco
What is a tool with a magnetic arrow that points north?
What is: A Compass
What happened when Sir Walter Raleigh wanted to establish a colony in North America?
What is: Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a charter.
What was the main way that French settlement differed from British settlement?
What is: France settled lands farther north.
What did Cortes do to support the face he was a conquistador?
What is an instrument that measures the position of the stars in the sky?
What is: Astrolabe
What happened when the colonists of the first Roanoke colony did not have enough food?
What is: The colonists returned to England
What modern-day change has made it possible for ships to sail through the Northwest Passage in warmer months?
What is: Warmer Arctic Summers
What evidence supports that the invention of the printing press led to wider spread of news about explorers?
What is: Printed materials could be mass-produced far more easily and cheaply than handwritten documents.
What impact did the expansion of New Spain have in the late 1400s and 1500s?
What is: Spanish began expanding its reach with Christopher Columbus's voyages. they claimed islands of the Caribbean. They built Mexico City and made it the capital of New Spain.
How did the goals of Spanish explorers in the Americas differ from the goals of explorers from other countries?
What is: Spanish explorers were motivated by gold and explorers from other countries were motivated by a search for the Northwest Passage.