Explorers
Sailed west to discover a route to China
Christopher Columbus
This Portuguese ruler founded a school for navigation
Prince Henry
He went to Greenland to bring the Good News
Leif Ericson
Atahualpa was the ruler of which empire?
Incan Empire
These were useful for trading because they were easy to transport
spices
Landed in India
Vasco da Gama
A sailor's most useful navigational tool
compass
She was helpful to Cortes in defeating Montezuma II
Malintzin
Capital of the Incan Empire
Cuzco
His expedition to Mexico was illegal
Cortes
Conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
This ship was designed for efficient ocean travel
caravel
"children of the sun"
Incas
They built their empire by defeating and enslaving other city-states
Aztecs
This was brought over by European explorers and ended up killing many Indians
Diseases
Jesuit missionary to Japan
Francis Xavier
Name three navigational aids the European explorers used
maps
compass
astrolabe
trade winds
He set up a trading center in Malacca
Afonso de Albuquerque
They expanded their territory by making alliances with the heads of individual tribes
Incas
Name three motives for exploration
gaining money (economic)
gaining glory (glory)
spreading Christianity (religion)
establish colonies (political)
English explorer
John Cabot
Finding a location on a map, estimating speed, and aiming with a compass
dead reckoning
He was appealed to by Ferdinand and Isabella to settle their dispute with the Portuguese
Pope Alexander VI
This city was built by making floating islands from mounds of water plants
Tenochtitlan
This document said that if the natives did not convert to Christianity, the Spanish had the right to conquer their lands and make them slaves
The Requerimiento