Technology
The piece of technology allowed sailors to know what direction they were heading
The Compass
This person traveled to Asia looking for other riches in the world
Marco Polo
Columbus gets credit with discovering what
The Americas
This explorer conquer the Aztec in Mexico
Hernado Cortes
North and South America were named after this explorer
Amerigo Vespucci
This piece of technology allowed explorers to get to destination quicker
A ship
Marco Polo traveled on this road which ended up being called the "most dangerous road" in the world
Silk Road
Which country paid for Columbus's voyages to the America's
Spain
This explored conquered the Inca Empire in Peru
Francisco Pizarro
Verranzono, Cartier, and Hudson were searching for what in North America
Northwest Passage
The piece of technology was always changing and was extremely inaccurate
A Map
This group made it to the Americas 500 years before Columbus
The Vikings
What year did Columbus discover America
1492
This explorer became the first person to reach the Pacific Ocean.
Vasco Nunez De Balboa
Who was the explorer that first sailed around the southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
The piece of technology was used to figure out the position of the sun, moon, and stars
The Astrolabe
Marco Polo had this book written about him after his travels to China
The Travels of Marco Polo
What was the main reason Columbus sailed west from Europe?
to find a westward route to Asia
This person looked for the Fountain of Youth and claimed Florida for Spain
Juan Ponce De Leon
This person's crew were the first people to circumnavigate around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
This person created a school of navigation
Marco Polo traveled to China in 1275. What did the Europeans call China.
Cathay
The exchange of goods between the new world and old world is known as what?
The Columbian Exchange
Hernando de Soto
King Henry VII sent this explorer to the new world to help England compete for land and weather in 1497
John Cabot