Definitions
Renaissance in old French means...
"rebirth"
Who established trading posts in Indonesia for Portugal?
Diogo Cao
Where did Vasco da Gama sail to?
India
Where did Europeans find ivory?
Africa
Prince Henry of Portugal was called...
"the Navigator"
What term is used to call the American continent here?
"New World"
Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
Did Ferdinand Magellan make it back to his home country Spain?
No
Hernando de Soto is believed to be the first European to cross...
the Mississippi River
Why were spices so precious at this time in history?
Because there were no refrigerators or freezers so spices were used to disguise the taste of rancid meat.
The stormy passage that cut through the continent of South America is now called...
"Strait of Magellan"
Who was the Spanish explorer that captured the Aztec?
Hernan Cortes
How many ships did Columbus take to sail in 1492 and what were their names?
3 - the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador, he mistook this island to be the...
Indies
Why was the word "Dry" added to the name of the islands "Las Tortugas" off of the coast of Florida?
To warn sailors of the area's lack of fresh water
What were Spanish explorers called?
Conquistadores
Who was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
The first explorers were trying to find a faster way to get to...
India and the East islands
In what year did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado discover the Grand Canyon?
1540
What was Father Serra's first name?
Junipero
What is "El Dorado"?
Who was the first European to come to the Americas?
Viking Leif Erickson
Why did the Europeans think they could sail off the edge of the world?
Because they had to sail unchartered waters
Which explorer discovered the magical lands called Bimini?
No one
In the year Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led his expedition through what is now the southwestern part of the United States, who was still on the throne in England?
King Henry VIII