Reason Why
Who began to pay people to explore in search of a route to Asia by sea?
European leaders
Who was the Portuguese explorer who sailed to the southernmost point of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
Resources in the in the colonies would be used to make ________ goods
Manufactured
Who opened a school for Navigators?
Prince Henry of Portugal
Conquistadors were both ______ and ______ tasked with conquering land for Spain.
Soldiers and explorer
Why did they want to sail to Asia?
Trade
Who was the first explorer to sail around Africa and reach India?
Vasco De Gama
When a person purchased stock in a company (voyage) they shared the P_ _ _ _ _ and the R _ _ _.
Profits and risk
What was the Greek tool that helped measure Latitude?
Astrolabe
John Cabot was looking for what?
A northern route
Why Did Columbus sail West across the Atlantic?
To find a faster route to Asia
An Italian Navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492 and landed in San Salvador.
Christopher Columbus
European nations used ________ _______ to conquer lands and establish colonies.
Superior Technology
A tool that helped Sailors find north and determine direction.
Magnetic Compass
___________ Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean and landed at San Salvador for the Spanish king and queen
Christopher Columbus
Many myths told of a lost golden city. Why did the Spanish search for it?
To obtain wealth and glory
Magellan's crew was the first ever to______.
Circumnavigate the earth
The Columbian exchange was the name given to trade between the E______ and the A______________ ___________
Europeans and American Indians
Made existing maps more accessible
Printing press
________ captured the Inca Emperor and demanded conversion and gold. He still had the emperor killed and became the new Inca Emperor.
Francisco Pizarro
Who believed they could find a route to Asia by traveling through North America? (Give two 2 countries)
France and England
Who was English explorer who searched for Northern Route?
John Cabot
Smallpox killed over _______ percent of the Indian population after European Contact.
90
Sails invented by Mediterranean sailors that allowed the European sailors to sail in almost any direction.
Triangular Cells
The Two main goals of the Spanish in America were to do what?
Bring back wealth and convert the new land to Catholicism