Europeans Set Sail
What invention helped sailors navigate the oceans more effectively during the Age of Exploration?
What is the magnetic compass.
What agreement did Christopher Columbus make with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
King and Queen agreed to finance the expedition and Columbus would bring back any items of value and claim territory as Spain.
Who was the Spanish conquistador that defeated the Aztecs?
Who is Hernan Cortes?
Which countries were the primary rivals in the Americas during the 16th and 17th centuries?
Spain and England and France
Henry the Navigator
Advances in technology that would make exploration more successful. Founded school of Navigation.
Which country was the first to explore the coast of Africa and the Atlantic Ocean?
What is Portugal.
Which explorer is credited with the first circumnavigation of the Earth?
Ferdinand Magellan
What is advance in military, European Diseases, and Spanish alliance with Aztec and Incas enemies.
How did the competition for empires lead to conflicts in Europe?
What is the competition for resources and trade routes leading to wars?
Line of Demarcation
Imaginary line that divided the Atlantic. West belonged Spain and East Portugal.
Name the Portuguese Navigator that started a navigation school and encouraged exploration.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator.
Who was the famous explorer that sailed for Spain and discovered the New World in 1492?
Who is Christopher Columbus.
What were the main goals of Spanish expeditions in the Americas?
What is to convert Natives to Christianity and look for resources of gold and food.
What was the main product that the French traded for with the Native Americans?
What are furs?
Conquistadors
Soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas. (Hernan Cortes)
What were the new ships called the Portuguese designed that have triangular sails?
What are Caravels.
Name one of the significant indigenous empires that were encountered by Europeans when they reached the Americas.
What is the Inca or Aztec Empire.
What was the name of the system where Spanish settlers were granted land and the right to use Native Americans for labor?
What is the encomienda system?
Who was the first European to search for the Northwest Passage?
who is John Cabot?
Northwest Passage
Water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What was the primary reason for European exploration during the 15th and 16th centuries?
What is the search for new trade routes and resources.
Explain what the Treaty of Tordesillas purpose was.
Prevent war and gave the lands West of the Line of Demarcation to Spain and East to Portugal.
What was a significant export from the Americas that became crucial to the Spanish economy?
What is Gold and Silver?
What did Jacques Cartier do?
French Sailor who led Frances second exploration to North America, Claimed Northeast Canada as France territory.
Charter
A document that gives permission tom start a colony.