Vocab
Exploration
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
Navigation
100

People who buy and sell goods are called _______.

Merchants

100

Many explorers wanted to find a new route to  ______.

Asia

100

Columbus' voyage was sponsored by the king and queen of _____.

Spain

100

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people is a _________.

Epidemic

100

This person set up the first school of navigation.

Prince Henry

200

Buying and selling of humans as property

Slave Trade

200

Many countries were motivated to explore in order to find __________ and ____________.

New Lands and Riches

200

Columbus' voyage was unlike others, because he planned to travel __________ to Asia.

West

200

What disease brought over by new settlers caused many Native Americans to die ________.

Small Pox

200

A new and improved model of ship with a smaller and lighter design is a ___________.

Caravel

300

Process used to plan routes and find locations

Navigation

300

An organized journey is called an __________.

Expedition
300

Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agree to provide the money for Columbus' voyage?

They needed the money from fighting in a previous war.

300

A large farm where a single crop is grown is a _______.

Plantation

300

The Prince's navigation school taught students how to make _________. 

Maps

400

Movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern & Western Hemispheres was the ______ _______.

Columbina Exchange

400

Spanish conquerors

Conquistadors

400

Columbus promised that he would go out into the world and spread ________ and bring back _______.

Christianity and Riches (gold/spices)

400

Name two things Europeans introduced to Indians that changed the way they battled.

Gun Powder and Horses

400

An astrolabe is an instrument that measures the height of the sun or a _________.

Star

500

Someone who gives money to support another person or cause

Patron

500

The Spanish Army, led by Cortez, took over the _________ Empire.

Aztec

500

Columbus called the natives he encountered Indians, but they called themselves ________.

Tianos

500

A new crop introduced by the Native Americans to the Europeans was __________.

Corn

500

This persons ship was the first to sail around the world. 

Ferdinand Magellan

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