Geography
The main line of longitude
What is the Prime Meridian?
Italian sailor that discovered the New World for Ferdinand and Isabella
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What was the name of the tribe he encoutered?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The Taino
Portuguese Prince that funded expeditions to India
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
British privateer that defeated the Spanish armada and circumnavigated the globe
Who is Sir Francis Drake?
A rebirth of knowledge in Europe. Inspired by the trade of the crusades
What is the Renaissance?
The earth is split into 4 of these by the prime meridian and equator
What is a hemisphere?
First European to circumnavigate the world
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What happened to him?
Who is Magellan?
He died in the Philippines
Portuguese sailor who first reached India
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
The economic system that fueled European exploration
What is Mercantilism?
This tool told sailors where they were located on the globe using the sun and stars
What is the astrolabe?
The system of lines of latitude and longitude
What is the grid system?
Ancient Mesoamerican civilization conquered by Cortes
What is the Aztec?
The nation Portugal desired to trade with?
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What was the real name of the nation(s) they encountered?
What is India?
Kerala/Goa
A trade route to Asia that cuts through the Arctic Ocean
What is the Northwest Passage?
The crusades were fought against members of this religion
What is Islam?
What is a physical map?
Group of conquerors who were sent to America to spread religion, obtain gold, and conquer new land
Who are the conquistadors?
Portuguese explorer who proved Europeans could sail around the Arica
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The name of the Southern tip of Africa
Who is Dias?
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
Mesoamerican culture located in present day Peru. Conquered by Francisco Pizarro.
What are the Inca?
This Greek map maker introduced the grid system to improve navigation
Who is Ptolemy?
The town that the Prime Meridian originates in
What is Greenwich?
Spanish Conquistador that searched for the Fountain of Youth
Who is Ponce De Leon?
This empire blocked off Europeans from reaching Asia, inspiring the Portuguese to sail around Africa
What is the Ottoman Empire?
What is desease?
Chinese sailor that send expeditions to collect treasure from abroad
Who is Zheng He?