Vocab
People who buy and sell goods are called _______.
Merchants
Many explorers wanted to find a new route to ______.
Asia
Columbus' voyage was sponsored by the king and queen of _____.
Spain
An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people is a _________.
Epidemic
This person set up the first school of navigation.
Prince Henry
Buying and selling of humans as property
Slave Trade
Many countries were motivated to explore in order to find __________ and ____________.
New Lands and Riches
Columbus' voyage was unlike others, because he planned to travel __________ to Asia.
West
What disease brought over by new settlers caused many Native Americans to die ________.
Small Pox
New model of ship with smaller and lighter design
Caravel
Process used to plan routes and find locations
Navigation
An organized journey is called an __________.
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.
A large farm where a single crop is grown is a _______.
Plantation
The Prince's navigation school taught students how to make _________.
Maps
Movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern & Western Hemispheres was the ______ _______.
Columbina Exchange
Spanish conquerors
Conquistadors
Columbus promised that he would go out into the world and spread ________ and bring back _______.
Christianity and Riches (gold/spices)
Name two things Europeans introduced to Indians that changed the way they battled.
Gun Powder and Horses
An astrolabe is an instrument that measures the height of the sun or a _________.
Star
Someone who gives money to support another person or cause
Patron
The Spanish Army, led by Cortez, took over the _________ Empire.
Aztec
Columbus called the natives he encountered Indians, but they called themselves ________.
Tianos
New crop introduced by the Native Americans to the Europeans was __________.
Corn
This persons ship was the first to sail around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan