Explorers
Which Spanish Explorer claimed to have discover America?
Columbus
What is an Astrolabe?
An instrument that uses the stars to navigate and measures the latitude at sea.
Where were the Aztecs?
In what is now Mexico.
What were the effects of the Age of Exploration?
globalization, colonization, slavery, Columbian Exchange
Which explorer conquered the Aztecs for Spain?
Hernan Cortez.
Which explorer was looking for the Fountain of Youth?
Ponce de Leon
What instrument was used to direct sailors north?
Compass
Where were the Inca?
Western South America, along the Andes Mountains (modern-day Peru)
What is Mercantilism?
Trading that is controlled by the government.
Which explorer explored modern day Peru?
Francisco Pizarro.
Which explorer was from England and was looking for the Northwest Passage? He found the east coast of North America.
John Cabot
What ship used triangle sails to sail faster?
A caravel.
Where were the Maya?
Central America (modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras)
What is colonization?
Taking over a land for another country.
Where did Francisco Vazquez de Coronado explore and what was he looking for?
He found what is now southwestern USA. He was looking for the cities of gold.
What French explorer found Canada?
Jacques Cartier
Why did explorers want a short cut to Asia?
So they could trade easily, without being topped by the Ottoman Empire.
Where were the Taino?
Caribbean islands (including Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Cuba)
Which countries explored during the Age of Exploration?
Spain, Portugal, France, England, Netherlands.
What is another phrase used for the Age of Exploration?
The Age of Discovery
Which explorer went almost all the way around the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the sun?
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas A gigantic nuclear furnace Where hydrogen is built into helium At a temperature of millions of degrees
Yo ho, it's hot The sun is not A place where we could live But here on Earth there'd be no life Without the light it gives
Where were the Iroquois?
Northeastern North America (what is now New York and parts of Canada)
What is globalization?
the world becoming more connected and interdependent as countries trade goods, services, money, people, and ideas across borders more easily
When was the age of exploration?
Between the 1400s and the 1600s.