Exploration
First European to explore the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Worth its weight in Gold
What is salt?
The ransom for this guy was 2 rooms of silver and 1 room of gold.
Who was Atahualpa?
If I were traveling to China on the Silk Road, this religion is most likely what I would see.
What is Buddhism?
This guy fought against his brother Atahualpa and lost.
Who was Huascar?
God, Glory and Gold
What are the 3 things the Spanish Explorers and Conquistadors were interested in?
He traveled to Asia and met Kublai Khan.
Who is Marco Polo?
Without her Cortez would have never been able to conquer the Aztec.
Who was Malinche?
If I was traveling on the Silk Road and stopped at a trade post and learned a lot of people got sick and died, I might take this home to my country.
What are diseases?
This guy interacted with Montezuma.
Who was Cortes?
Group of Native Americans who saved the skulls of humans they sacrificed.
Who are the Aztec?
A trade route that spanned through Europe, Africa and Asia.
What is the Silk Road?
This scoundrel tricked Atahualpa into meeting him at a "peaceful gathering" where there was no need for weapons.
Who was Pizarro?
If you visited Mali during the time of this ruler you might see mosques and schools.
Who was Mansa Musa?
He was made governor of Peru after he sabotaged Atahualpa.
Who was Pizzaro?
Native American group that only sacrificed children to their Gods.
Who are the Incas?
The major desert that Mansa Musa had to cross on his way to Mecca
What is the Sahara Desert?
This guy was searching for the lost City of Gold.
Who was De Balboa?
This animal was used for long travels for trade.
What is a camel?
She was captured by the Mayas and given to Cortes and his men.
Who was Malinche?
Montezuma thought that Cortez was this god.
Who was Quetzalcoatl?
The Trans Saharan Desert
What is the name of the other major trade route?
These guys rode horses in armor and were obsessed with Gold, Glory and God.
Who were the Conquistadors?
This animal was introduced to the Americas through what we call The Columbian Exchange.
What is the horse?
Even though Balboa never found the city of gold he found this instead.
What is the South Sea or the Pacific Ocean?