Finders
Italian explorer who sailed on behalf of Spain; wanted to go to the East Indies by sailing west.
Christopher Columbus
Spanish who came to conquer and forcefully convert natives to Catholicism.
Conquistadores
Southwestern U.S.
Lived in caves or homes made of adobe
Pueblos
Tribe located in modern day Mexico; their capital, Tenochtitlan, is now the site of Mexico City
Aztecs
a navigational tool that measures the angle between the horizon and a star to determine latitude
astrolabe
First to round the Cape of Good Hope (southern tip of Africa)
Bartolomeu Dias
conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
Great Plains of the U.S.
lived in tepees and hunted buffalo
Plains Indians
Tribe located in the Yucatan Peninsula
Mayas
navigational technique used by early sailors that involved choosing a direction and speed and hoping that they'd get close to their target destination
dead reckoning
First European explorer to sail around Africa AND go to India.
Vasco da Gama
conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizzaro
Created mounds of dirt for religious purposes
Mound Builders
Tribe located in the Andean mountains with their capital, Cuzco, in modern-day Peru
Incas
The first people to arm their ships with cannons
Venetians
First English explorer to sail around the world.
Sir Francis Drake
Missionary to the American Indians who opposed the abuses of the Conquistadors
Bartolome de Las Casas
Confederation of native tribes around present day New York who shared a language
Iroquois Confederation
Tribe that built pyramids and made advancements in math and science
Mayas
A ship that combined large square sails for open seas with small triangle sails for port/river navigation
caravel
Lead the first sailing expedition around the globe and named the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Magellan
Jesuit missionary to Japan and East Indies
Francis Xavier
Name 3 of the 5 Civilized Tribes
Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles
Tribe that worshipped the god, Quetzalcoatl.
Aztecs
Predictable winds that blow east to west
trade winds