Explorers
First person to circumnavigate the Earth.
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Ferdinand Magellan
What was the benefit of the caravel?
Lighter, smaller boats with triangular sails. Could travel faster and explore more.
The Columbian Exchange was harmful to Native Americans. Although, it brought one large benefit. What was the benefit?
Horses
What is a merchant?
A person who buys and sells goods.
What direction did the explorers sail?
East, West, North, South
West
Why were mapmakers so important?
They had the most influential technology for exploration. Allowed more people to travel accurately.
To better prepare sailors for voyages, this person created a navigation school.
Prince Henry
What is an epidemic?
An outbreak of a quickly spreading disease.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Where did he explore? What did he do when he landed?
He went to Mexico and the Southwest US states. He took the Aztec leader, Montezuma, prisoner. Cortes took over the Aztec empire.
How did mapmakers help sailors?
Making more accurate maps.
The West Indies
What is a patron?
Someone who gives financial support to a person or a cause
The Native Americans had their land taken over and were forced into slavery to grow sugar/crops for the Europeans. Although, the Natives started dying from disease. What did the Europeans do next?
Started the slave trade in Africa.
What benefit did the magnetic compass bring to sailers?
Told sailers what direction they were going.
Columbus sailed for _________ until he reached land.
6 days
4 years
5 weeks
14 weeks
5 weeks
What is a colony?
A settlement far from the country that rules it.
This is good news because we too are broken. It shows me that God is greater than my wickedness and brokenness. More than that, in Christ we see that God draws near to us in our brokenness sinfulness to make us new. We are dirty people, but God comes to us in our filth to wash us clean with his own hands.
What does the astrolabe do?
It told sailers how far they had sailed from the equator.
The Spanish king and queen sent Columbus on his voyage. What did they want him to trade for?
What is the slave trade?
The buying and selling of humans as property.