Name That Thing
Who's That Explorer?
What's the Why?
Vocab
100
This navigation tool measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon. It helped sailors tell how far north or south of the equator they had sailed.
Astrolabe
100
Named the general area where he landed the "West Indies" because he mistakenly thought he had landed in India.
Christopher Columbus
100
Why did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain PRIMARILY send Christopher Columbus to find a sea route to India?
They needed money from trading there after spending a lot on a war.
100
The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land.
Navigation
200
Stores and small settlements where goods can be bought and sold. Thanks to Prince Henry the Navigator's school, the Portuguese began to build these along the African coast for central trading
Trading Posts
200
Spanish conquistador who took Aztecan leader Moctezuma prisoner and inevitably ended the Aztecan Empire in 1521.
Hernán Cortés 
200
Why were caravels able to better control the wind?
They had triangular sails.
200
A small, fast-sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s
Caravel
300
The capture, enslavement, buying, and selling of people for profit
Slave Trade
300
Spanish conquistador who set out to find Cíbola (seven cities of gold) in 1540. His travels led him through present-day New Mexico, Arizona, and other southwestern states. He and his men are thought to be the first Europeans to have witnessed the Grand Canyon.
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado 
300
Why did sailors use a magnetic compass?
It told sailors which direction they were going.
300
A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority (leader)
Empire
400
Group of people that were originally living as slaves to the Europeans after they discovered the Americas. This group was replaced by African slaves because their population decreased from sickness and overwork.
American Indians
400
Who was likely the FIRST European to arrive to North America?
Leif Ericsson
400
Why did Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de León set out to Puerto Rico in 1508?_Explorer_of_-_(MeisterDrucke-923535).jpg)
He was searching for the "fountain of youth".
400
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes (making life easier)
Technology
500
Foods that were brought back to Europe from North America
Corn, Peanuts, Potatoes, Squash, and Pineapples
500
Portuguese explorer and mariner who studied at Prince Henry the Navigator's school and made real his dream of reaching the east coast of Africa (passing underneath the bottom tip of Africa).
Bartolomeu Dias
500
“The crew ... saw signs of land, and a small branch covered with berries. Everyone breathed afresh and rejoiced at these signs.” —Christopher Columbus
Why did the sailors react this way when they saw land?
The crew had been sailing for many days and was extremely tired and hungry.
500
To travel completely around: for example, the ______________________ the globe.
Circumnavigate