vocabulary
Explorers from Spain and Portugal
Explorers from Spain and Portugal
Vocabulary
100
An economic system that increased money in a country's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade.
What is mercantilism?
100
In 1531 he led 180 men into Peru to conquer the Incas.
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
100
An Italian explorer who found America.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
100
A large farm or estate.
What is a Hacienda?
200
A person sent by the Church to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a missionary?
200
In the 1400's he had his own school of navigation and developed his own ship called the caravel.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
200
An explorer from Spain who led a voyage in 1513 to the pacific and named all the lands he found for Spain.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
200
Spaniard who fought for Native American rights
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
300
A device invented by the Ancient Greeks that helped sailors find their latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
300
A Portuguese explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa naming it the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias
300
An explorer from Portuguese who in 1519 took 5 ships and 270 men and reached the Philippines where he was killed in battle.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
A grant of Native American slave labor.
What is an Encomienda?
400
A ship developed by the Portuguese that had triangular and square sails designed to help it sail into the wind.
What is a caravel?
400
He found the water route to Asia.
Who is Vasco Da Gama
400
He landed on the Mexican coast in 1519 and took over the Aztec Empire with 508 conquistadors.
Who is Hernando Cortes?
400
settlement created by the Spanish church in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a Mission?
500
A Spanish soldier that explored the Americans and claimed land for Spain.
What is a Conquistador?
500
In 1492 this Italian sailor along with 3 of his ships sailed in search of a faster route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
500
Gold, Glory, and God were the reasons for Europeans to explore the New World.
What was the 3 G's (reasons) for exploring the New World?
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