Exploration
What did navigation charts do?
Show the coasts and shipping routes
What did many people believe the world was like in the 15th century?
Flat
What group lived in the Andes mountain range?
Incas
What new period started with the discover of the americas?
The modern age
What is the name for the part underneath the boat for storing things?
Hold
What were the tools developed to help ships navigate seas?
The compass and astrolabe
Where was Cristopher Columbus from?
Genoa, Italy
Where did the Aztecs live?
Central Mexico
What religion did the spanish impose on the indigenous people?
Catholicism
Where did the captain sleep?
Captains cabin
What was the name of the new type of sailing ship that was lighter and faster?
The caravel
Where did Christopher Columbus attend school?
Prince Henry school of navigation in Portugal
What animals did the Incas domesticate to make food, wool, and transportation?
Llamas
What were three new crops the explorers brought back to Europe?
Tomato, corn, and potato
Who are the people who work on a ship?
Crew
What were the three unknown territories at the end of the Middle Ages?
America, Oceania, and Antartica
Where is Christopher Columbus believed to be buried today?
In the Cathedral of Sevilla
What groups capital was Chichén Itzá?
The explorers brought gold and silver back to Europe, what were these metals used for?
International trade
What is the piece of metal that holds the ship down when it isn’t moving?
Anchor