Technology
This person opened a school to teach navigation and mapmaking, which allowed sailors, mapmakers, scholars, and shipbuilders to work together to improve sea travel and invent new tools. (pg. 51)
Who is Prince Henry?
The Portuguese sailors traded mainly these three things. (pg 52).
What are gold, ivory, and slaves?
Even though this man was from Italy, he was paid by Spain for his attempts to find a water route to India. He thought he could sail across the Atlantic Ocean to go around "the back of the world" to reach India. (Lesson 2)
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This was the trade of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. (Lesson 3)
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This is the process sailors used to plan their route and find their location when they were far from land. (Lesson 1)
What is navigation?
This object was invented by the Chinese and will tell you which way you are going. (pg. 54)
What is the magnetic compass?
Prince Henry paid his explorers to mostly sail, explore, and trade along this coast. (pg. 53)
What is Africa's western coast?
This Spanish explorer was a conquistador, meaning he led an expedition that was meant to conquer other empires and take over their riches. He was successful in conquering the Aztec empire. (Lesson 2)
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Before coming to the Americas, the European had never heard of these three foods. (Lesson 3)
What are tomatoes, pumpkins, and peppers?
This is a person that gives money to support another person or cause, such as paying money to explorers for their explorations. (lesson 2)
What is a patron?
This object is from North Africa, and allows you to tell how far north or south you have sailed by measuring the distance of the sun or a star above the horizon. (pg. 54)
What is the astrolabe?
This Portuguese explorer made his way through a fierce storm in order to sail around the southern tip of Africa, calling it the Cape of Good Hope in hopes of reaching India. (pg 53)
Who is Bartolomeu Diaz?
This Spanish explorer was killed in a battle in the Philippines after successfully sailing almost all the way around the world. His crew finished the trip, becoming the first expedition to sail around the entire world. (Lesson 2)
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This food originally came from Asia and Africa, and quickly became a profitable resource where it grew well in the Caribbean. (Lesson 3)
What is Sugar Cane?
What is a colony?
This type of ship was adapted by Portuguese shipbuilders to be smaller and lighter than other ships, with a triangle shaped sail to give better control with wind.
What is a caravel?
This Portuguese explorer was successful in reaching India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean.
Who is Vasco da Dama?
This Spanish Explorer wanted to gain riches that he heard rumors of in North America, so he explored the area that is now Arizona and New Mexico and claimed that land for Spain. (Lesson 2)
Who was Vasquez de Coronado?
Through the Columbian Exchange, people exchanged this, which has it's own distinct style of music, dance, and celebrations. (Pg. 72)
What is culture?
This is an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people. (Lesson 2)
What is an epidemic?
This object measures the latitude at sea (how far north or south you are) and it also tells the exact time.
What is a chronometer?
These items are the reason everyone wanted to trade with India.
What are India's spices and silks?
This Spanish Explorer heard rumors of magical spring water that can provide eternal youth and turn old people back to young, so he left the island of Puerto Rico to look for this fountain of youth in what is now Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
This animal was introduced to American Indians though the Columbian Exchange, and was used to carry heavy loads and travel far.
What was horses?
These are large areas of land in warm, moist climates run by an owner, and usually used to grow large amounts of crops such as sugar cane, tobacco, or cotton. Typically the slaves and indentured servants worked on the fields here.
What are plantations?