World Trade and Travel
New Ideas in Europe
Europeans Arrive in the Americas
Conquest of the Americas
Vocabulary
100

What merchant traveled to China at 17 years old?

Marco Polo
100

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?

The printing press

100

Who "discovered" the Americas?

Christopher Columbus

100

Hernan Cortes, and his crew, were called what?

Conquistadors

100

What is someone who buys and sells goods to earn money?

Merchant

200

What three inventions did Polo discover in China?

Paper, printing, and gunpowder

200

What navigation tool measured the height of the sun or a star above the horizon?

An astrolabe

200

What country sent Columbus on his voyage?

Spain

200

Which group did Hernan Cortes and his people fight and conquer?

The Aztecs

200

What is a group of people and animals who travel together?

Caravan

300

Why was the Silk Road important?

It connected Europe and Asia for trading

300

Prince Henry was known as "the Navigator" and created a what for Portugal?

A school for navigation

300

Who were the king and queen that sent Columbus on his voyage?

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

300

Where was the Aztec's capital located?

In the middle of a lake

300

What is an outbreak of diseases that spreads quickly and affects many people?

Epidemic

400

Ghana was rich in gold, but had a shortage of what resource that Arabia had an abundance of?

Salt

400

What tool did the Chinese have that helped them navigate?

A compass

400

Name all three of Columbus's ships.

Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria

400

What was the name of the Aztec Empire's capital?

Tenochtitlan

400

What is the exchange of food, diseases, and people between the Old and New World?

The Columbian Exchange

500

What was the name of Mali's largest city, which was a center for learning and trade?

Timbuktu

500
How did Bartolomeu Dias and his crew find a new route to Asia?

A fierce storm blew his ships off course

500

What was the name of the Indigenous group that Columbus and his people first met?

The Taino

500

What name did Spain change their newly conquered land to?

New Spain

500

What is a journey to achieve a goal?

An expedition

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