Opened a navigation school in Portugal and funded voyages
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator
100
Spanish explorer who conquered the Incan empire in 1535
Who is Fransisco Pizzarro
100
He explored the St. Lawrence River and set up trading posts to form a French Colony in Montreal, Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier
100
This man drafted the Treaty of Tordesillas in order to divide land in the New World between Spain and Portugal
Who is Pope Alexander VI
100
Who had control over trade networks before Portugal started the exploration era?
Who are the Muslims and Italians
200
Portuguese born explorer who traveled for Spain. He named the Pacific Ocean and sailed around the world first in 1522
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
200
Famous Italian explorer who found Hispaniola for Spain in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
200
An English explorer who sailed for Netherlands and searched for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific, but instead found a famous river and bay in North America
Who is Henry Hudson
200
What was the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What is to move the Line of Demarcation to provide land for Spain and Portugal
200
How did Portugal gain power and control of European exploration?
What is Portuguese explorers found a water route to Asia; they took control of trade in the Indian Ocean
300
Portuguese explorer who found a water route to the Indies in Asia by sailing around the southern tip of Africa
Who is Vasco da Gama
300
Spanish conquistador who destroyed the Aztec empire in 1521
Who is Hernando Cortes
300
He was was an English “sea dog” who traveled around the world. He was also notorious for attacking and raiding the Spanish Armada.
Who is Sir Francis Drake
300
What are 4 reasons for Spanish victories against native empires?
What are brutality, alliances, superior weapons and soldiers, & spread of disease
300
How did Spain gain power and control of European exploration?
What is Spain set up settlements in the West Indies and Americas, which earned great wealth
400
He sparked exploration in Portugal when he reached the southern tip of Africa, Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartholomeu Dias
400
Spanish explorer who led an expedition through Panama and
Central America and was first to reach the Pacific from the other side
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
400
The first permanent French colony, Quebec, was founded by this explorer.
Who is Samuel de Champlain
400
What were most European explorers searching for on their voyages?
What is a Northwest Passage to Asia
400
How did England gain power and control of European exploration?
What is The English Navy defeated the Spanish Armada and set up colonies in the Americas
500
What was Portugal's main influence in the exploration era?
What is they were the first country to really spark European exploration. They were the first to find a route to Asia which allowed them to have a piece of the trade networks.
500
Considered to be the first to reach the Americas in 1501 by
crossing the Atlantic Ocean on several different voyages
Who is America Vespucci
500
How was England able to defeat the Spanish Armada who had control of the waterways?
The smaller English fleet was fast and well-armed. Their guns had a longer range so they could attack from a distance. Ships were smaller and faster, which made them easier to move around the huge Spanish ships.
500
What is mercantilism?
Economic concept in which a country exports more goods than it imports in order to be financially stable.
500
Which groups of people traded with the Natives and treated them respectably for the most part?