Technology in Exploration
Explorers used this device, that always points due North, to help them know in which direction to sail.
What is a magnetic compass?
The son of Portugal's king, started a school to teach navigation and map making.
Who is Prince Henry the navigator?
In 1001, this European and his crew were likely the first to land in North America.
Who is Leif Ericsson?
This type of exchange highlights the different clothing, languages and religions, as well as distinct styles of music, dance, and celebrations that were exchanged.
What is cultural exchange?
People who buy and sell goods, such as silk and spices.
Who are Merchants?
During the age of exploration, explorers sought to find this, a faster and safer way to reach their riches.
What is a sea route to Asia?
This Spanish explorer gathered an army of conquistadors to conquer the Aztecs.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
When is 1419?
The spread of this, caused great devastation, causing millions of people to die.
What is disease?
An organized group of people taking a journey for a purpose.
What is an Expedition?
As people learned to chart more accurately the locations of places such as harbors, mouths of rivers, and coastlines, Sailors used these to travel in unfamiliar waters.
What are maps?
Although this explorer was killed in a battle with Native peoples in the Philippines, his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The saying goes, "In _________, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."
When is 1492?
These animals, brought to America by Europeans, transformed the way Native Americans lived. They could travel farther in search of food and hunt their prey more easily.
What are horses?
This means to travel completely around the world.
What is circumnavigate?
In the early 1400's, Portuguese shipbuilders invented a new kind of sailing ship that was lighter and had triangular sails.
What is the caravel?
This famous explorer was denied funding by Portugal's king. However, after several requests, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to become his patrons.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
In 1487, Bartolomeu Dias was the first Portuguese sea captain to reach this goal, after his ships faced severe storms.
What is the East Side of Africa? Or What is sail around the southern tip of Africa?
These easy to grow, nutritious crops allowed European populations to increase as people became healthier and better fed.
What are corn and potatoes?
A person who gives financial support to another person or cause.
What is a patron?
An invention from North Africa, this navigation tool measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.
What is an astrolabe?
This explorer traveled throughout present-day New Mexico, Arizona, and other southwestern states. His scouting parties were the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
In this year, the Spanish defeated the Aztecs, ending their Empire.
When is 1521?
The arrival of this crop, that grew well in the warm, moist climate of the Caribbean had harmful effects for Native American and Africans who were enslaved to do the work.
What is Sugar Cane?
The use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives.
What is Technology?