How it all Began
A time period of "rebirth" and exploration.
What is the Renaissance period?
The type of farming that the American Indians used.
What is subsistence farming?
One of the earliest navigational tools
How did the American Indians learn to ride horses?
What is by watching the Spanish?
This ship revolutionized sea travel
What is the caravel?
He sailed 3 ships from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
When you have more of something that is needed or used, it is called a ________.
What is a surplus?
This rock or mineral has magnetic qualities
What is lodestone?
Explorers used horses to seek out
What is new lands and treasures?
The caravel replaced older ships that were powered by ________
What are oars?
Settle land
Convert people to Christianity
Set up settlements
What were the goals of the early English explorers?
An agreement between countries.
What is a treaty?
The direction a needle point on a compass
What is North?
For traveling, hunting, and war (fighting)
What did Indian tribes of the Great Plains use horses for?
The Pinta and Nina
What were two of Christopher Columbus' caravel ships?
A settlement ruled by another country and not its own people.
What is a colony?
He conquered the area that is now Mexico City
Who is Hernan Cortes?
This direction indicator is on a map and looks similar to a compass
What is a compass rose?
The Pueblo Indians learned about horses from these people
Who were the Spanish colonists?
130 tons
What is how much weight a caravel ship could carry?
This European country took the lead in early exploration
What is Spain?
These three things made the caravel popular
What are they were twice as fast as other ships, they had more storage space, and they required fewer men than other ships?