Portuguese Explorers
Who reached India by sailing around South Africa?
Vasco Da Gama
______ took down the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Who reached the Americas by sailing west?
Christopher Columbus
Which areas of the world took part in the Columbian Exchange?
Africa, North America, Europe
Where are the Aztecs?
Mexico
Who named the tip of Africa, "Cape Of Storms?"
Dias
Who circumnavigated the globe?
Magellan or Elcano
Marco Polo traveled __________.
the Silk Road
What is an example of products that came from Africa?
coffee, sugar cane, sand (to glass)
When did the Mayans exist?
2000 BC to 900 AD
Who opened up a navigation school?
Prince Henry
Where did Magellan get killed?
the Phillipines
Who discovered Florida?
Ponce De Leon
Sugar cane was a valuable resource so ___________________.
Africans were put to slave labor
What structure did the Inuits build?
Igloos
The one thing that Dias and Da Gama did similar on their expedition was _____________.
They rounded Africa
How many miles did Cortes have to hike when reaching Mexico?
200 miles
Who named North and South America?
Vespucci
Native Americans were harmed in what ways?
disease, mining labor, field labor
1300
What was an expedition of Prince Henry?
Portugal to Morrocco
How many conquistadors were in battle on La Noche Triste?
about 550
What advantages did China have that Marco Polo's home country did not have?
paper money and hot tubs with heated rocks
During the Virginia Company; Process Of Settlement, what was the process of the trading industry?
Triangle Trade
The Mound Builders were especially known for _________________.
fancy pottery, first usage of tombstones