Vocabulary
Portuguese ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind.
What are caravels?
A Viking who landed in present-day Canada in 1000 C.E.
Who is Leif Eriksson?
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas.
The imaginary boundary in the Atlantic Ocean which divided the globe into potential Spanish and Portuguese territories.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
The Spanish Armada was launched to overthrow this ruler.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I of England?
A device used to determine the location based on the position of the stars.
What is an astrolabe?
A sailor from Italy who believed he could reach Asia via the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The first Europeans to reach the east coast of North America and establish colonies.
Who were the Vikings?
The Spanish crown controlled migration to the "new world" and would only let this religious group settle there.
Who are Christians?
A Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
A word meaning to go all the way around.
What is to circumnavigate?
An Italian navigator for whom the Americas are named.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
French protestants
Who were Huguenots?
The location of the first French colony in North America.
What is Florida?
The ruler of the Aztec empire during the early 1500s.
Who was Moctezuma II?
Large farms that grew just one kind of crop and made huge profits for their owners.
What are plantations?
This conquistador sailed to Mexico in 1519 to meet the Aztec ruler Moctezuma.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Who are Protestants?
Because this group succumbed to European diseases, the Europeans began importing slaves from Africa to work on their new lands.
Who are Native Americans?
This Catholic ruler put together a large fleet called the Spanish Armada.
Who was King Philip II of Spain?
A document which gives permission to start a colony.
What is a charter?
A French explorer who was looking for the Northwest Passage.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
The empire who was frustrated by the original Line of Demarcation and almost went to war with Spain over its relocation.
Who were the Portuguese?
What is fur?
Christopher Columbus's expeditions to the "New World" were sponsored by which rulers?
Who were King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain?