America Exploration
The number of ships Christopher Columbus was given
What are the three ships?
A Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
Spanish conquistador and explorer who defeated the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain.
Who was Hernán Cortés?
The starter of the Columbian Exchange
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Explorer, soldier and conquistador best known for conquering the Incas and executing their leader, Atahuapla.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
He opened up the Americas to European Colonization
What did Christopher Columbus do?
Sailed from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope
How did he sailed to India?
The type of treatment Cortes got from the Aztecs because they thought Cortes was a god
Why where they treated like gods and were showered with gifts?
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food. crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World.
What was the Columbian Express?
By 1535, Pizarro and his men argued over the gold
How did Pizarro die?
Christopher Columbus sailed west to reach “the east”
Why did Christian Columbus traveled thought the Atlantic Ocean?
Reach India and open a a sea route from Europe to the East
What was Vasco da Gamas's mission?
The day Cortes reached Mexico
When was February 1519?
Exchange are the spread of disease, death, and slavery.
What were some negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?
Atahualpa, the Inca emperor, was fighting his brother for control of the empire.
Why were the Incas in the midst of a civil war?
The part of America Christopher Columbus discover is now days known
What are the Bahamas?
The sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope
What was Vasco da Gama's discovery?
Cortes gather Aztec enemies and together took down the Aztec empire
How did Cotes win against the Aztec empire?
The people of Europe and its colonies
Who did the Columbian exchange benefit ?
November 16, 1532
When did Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incas date?
A navigator who explored the Americas under the flag of Spain
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Vasco da Gama was able to reach India in
When was May,20 1498?
The Aztec god Quetzalcoatl
What god was Cortes believed to be ?
The passing of diseases, plants and animals, and Native American conquest.
What was some of the effects of the Columbian exchange?
Springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa.
How did Francisco Pizarro conquer the Incas?