Explorers
He was the first explorer to try to find Asia by going west.
Christopher Columbus
What was the goal of the first explorers?
find a water route to Asia
Who found the water route to Asia first?
Vasco da Gama
What was a conquistador?
A Spanish conqueror
This was the city that all explorers were looking for with the early civilizations.
Cibola-7 cities of gold
This man started the first expedition to go around the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Travels of Marco Polo, Marco Polo
Who explored southwest of United States, specifically the Grand Canyon?
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
What were the crusades?
A Christian expedition to take back the Holy Land
Were the early civilizations monotheistic or polytheistic?
Polytheistic
This man explored Canada for France, specifically looking for a northwest passage.
Jacques Cartier
I created the school of navigation.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Who claimed present day Florida for Spain?
Hernando de Soto
Where were the East Indies?
Islands by India
Why did the Mayan empire fall?
No one knows for sure, they left their empire in the year 1100.
This man was the first to round the southern tip of Africa
Bartholomeu Dias
This specific trade process helped to grow the New and the Old worlds.
The Columbian Exchange
Which explorer crossed Panama to see the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What was a cartographer?
A map maker
This man caused the fall of Inca empire.
Francisco Pizarro
Who is given credit for finding the new world?
Christopher Columbus
This was the first successful people within the New World much to the disagreement of early explorers.
The Native Americans
Who named the "New World"?
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the Northwest Passage?
A water route to Asia over North America
This man was the cause for the fall of the Aztec empire.
Hernan Cortes