Portuguese Explorers
Sailors from this country were searching for southern water routes to Asia.
Portugal
Columbus believed sailing in this direction would save time.
West
he movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean was called this.
Columbian Exchange
Tenochtitlán was the capital of this empire.
Aztec Empire
The Spanish claimed land in this continent.
North America
Which country paid for Columbus’s voyage in 1492?
Spain
In what year did Columbus sail to the Americas?
1492
The native people Columbus met were called this.
Taino
Hernán Cortés landed in Central America with more than this many conquistadors.
500
Spanish settlements created by conquistadors were called this.
Encomiendas
Which Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
Columbus and his crew sighted land this many months after leaving Spain.
Two Months
Name one food from the Americas that improved European diets.
Wheat, Corn, and Potatoes
The Inca Empire ruled much of this continent.
South America
Missionaries tried to persuade people to accept these.
new religious beliefs
The voyage around Africa to Asia took about this long.
One year
Columbus thought he had reached this place when he landed.
Asia
These animals changed the way Native Americans hunted.
Horses
The Inca Empire was weakened by this type of conflict.
The Inca offered Pizarro a room filled with this in exchange for Atahualpa’s life.
treasure
Portuguese sailors searched for water routes to this continent.
Asia
Columbus called the native people this name.
Indios
By 1600, millions of native peoples had died from these.
diseases from Europe
This Inca ruler was captured by Pizarro.
Atahualpa
After taking the Inca treasure, the conquistadors melted the gold and silver into these.
coins or bars