Vocabulary
A large farm
plantation
Where were merchants going to find goods to sell in Europe?
Asia
Who believed he could find a sea route to Asia by sailing west?
Christopher Columbus
What year did Columbus land in the Americas?
1492
A Spanish explorer and conqueror
conquistador
Name two powerful countries who began looking for new sea trade routes.
Spain and Portugal
Who paid for Columbus to find a new sea trade route?
King and Queen of Spain
What is the name of the place today that Columbus landed in?
Bahamas
a religious community devoted to conversion
mission
Name one of the three most powerful African kingdoms.
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
What were the Spanish looking for in the Americas?
Gold, silver, other riches
Where did Columbus believe he had landed?
Japan
an instrument used to navigate the seas by measuring the position of the stars.
astrolabe
Europeans began exploring during what period of intellectual and artistic creativity?
Renaissance
What was the agreement that Portugal and Spain would split the new land they found in the Americas?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What is the fort in St. Augustine made out of?
Coquina
to sail around the world.
circumnavigate
How did Europeans first discover there were valuable goods in the Middle East and Asia?
By going on the crusades
Who was the Spanish explorer who discovered Florida?
Juan Ponce de Leon
What were the names of the Spanish monarchs who paid for Columbus' voyage?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand