Vocabulary
a series of expeditions
What are crusades?
made it easier to to print books and new information
What is the printing press?
wanted to find an easy route by water to __________, _________ and West African Kingdoms
What is China and India?
sailed to find spices in India
Who is Christopher Columbus?
explored east coast of Mexico, conquered Aztecs
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Muslim houses of worship
What is a mosque?
an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars
What is the astrolabe?
sailed around Africa to ________ gold, ivory and slaves
What is trade?
paid for Columbus' expeditions
Who is Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand?
discovered Colorado and Kansas but NO gold
Who is Francisco DeCoronado?
reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity, means rebirth
What is Renaissance?
an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north
What is the compass?
created a navigation school
Who is Henry the Navigator?
Christopher Columbus was to do 2 things on his expeditions
What is spread Christianity to the world and gain wealth/power?
discovered the coast of Florida and searched for the Fountain of Youth
Who is Juan Ponce De Leon?
to circle the world
What is circumnavigate?
3 masted ship that was faster and carried more cargo than earlier ships
What is a caravel?
supported exploring
circumnavigated around the world first
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Discovered Peru and conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
a religious journey
What is a pilgrimage?
created maps
What is a cartogropher?
King John names tip of South Africa
What is Cape of Good Hope?
Christopher Columbus landed here instead of India
What is North America?
Discovered Florida, Oklahoma and Mississippi