Presentism
uncritical adherence to present-day attitudes, especially the tendency to interpret past events in terms of modern values and concepts.
Presentism
This Historical period spurned the innovations of exploration
Renaissance
The 3 G's
God, Glory, Gold
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed his voyage
Columbus
The rival of the Christian religion
Islam
Judging events by standards inherent to one’s own culture
Cultural Bias
This device could help a sailor determine their longitude, the time and date based on the sun or a star.
Astrolabe
Explorers wanted to find a trade route to this continent
Asia
led the first voyage around the world
Magellan
Conquerors sent to colonize the Americas
Conquistadors
publicly expressing an opinion to demonstrate one’s good character or moral character
Virtue signaling
This invention made the reproduction of maps easier and more cost effective
Printing Press
Spain and Portugal spread this denomination of Christianity
Catholicism
Captured Tenochtitlan/Instituted Catholicism
Cortes
First explorer to make contact with China through the silk Road
Marco Polo
The explorer that we saw through the eyes of Presentism
Columbus
These sails made the boat more maneuverable
Lateen
Spain and Portuguese explorer's European trade Rival
Italy
Took Incan king hostage in exchange for gold
Pizarro
Cash crop that destroyed soil
Tobacco
History is this, it can be revised
Subjective
The caravel, capable of long trips on the ocean, was made by this country
Portugal
Middle East people group that had the trading edge against the Europeans
Arabs
Began a school of navigation to train Portuguese sailors to explore
Henry
Magellan dies in this Asian Pacific country
Philippines