A Changing World
One of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East
What is the Crusades
In 1492, this explorer led 90 sailors and 3 ships on a voyage into the unknown
Who was Christopher Columbus
The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
What is technology
A Spanish explorer
Who is a conquistador
The Europeans who explored & settled in North America in the 1500s sought this and wanted to spread this
What are wealth & Christian faith
Period of intellectual & artistic creativity
What is the Renaissance
A Portuguese nobleman who discovered the country of Brazil
Who was Pedro Cabral
A point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula
What is a cape
Without this, the Aztec & Inca empires suffered terrible epidemics
What is immunity
Explorers hoped to discover a direct water route through the Americas to Asia
What is a Northwest Passage
This instrument for navigating the seas helped sailors measure their latitude & measured the position of the stars
What is an astrolabe
The Queen of Spain
Who was Queen Isabella
To sail around the world
What is circumnavigate
Spanish explorer who was buried in the waters of the Mississippi River
Who was Hernando de Soto
The transfer of goods, ideas and diseases by Europe, Asia & Africa with the Americas
What is The Columbian Exchange
This ship could sail faster and carry more cargo and supplies
What is a caravel
Explorer who realized that South America was a separate continent and not part of Asia
Who was Amerigo Vespucci
A religious community where farming was carried and Native Americans were converted to Christianity
What is a mission
The Spanish developed a "system" to raise tobacco and sugarcane
What is a plantation
In 1718, the French founded this city in Louisiana
What is New Orleans
The three (3) most powerful kingdoms & empires in Africa between A.D. 400 and 1600
What are Ghana, Mali & Songhai
Portuguese explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean
Who was Ferdinand Magellan
Settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land
What is a tenant farmer
The Spanish forced these people to convert to Christianity and live & work at the missions
Who were the Native Americans
A large fleet of trading ships that sailed all over the world and ran its trade between the Americas & Africa
What is The Dutch West India Company