Which of the following countries was NOT a major participant in the Age of Exploration?
A.Portugal B.Greece C.Spain D.France E. England
What is B.Greece?
A navigational tool that points North because a magnetized needle aligns itself with the Earth's magnetic field.
What is a magnetic compass?
Francisco Pizarro is responsible for the fall of this civilization which would have been located in modern day Peru and Bolivia.
Who/ What is the Incan/ Inca empire/ civilization?
This Spanish explorer is responsible for the fall of the Aztec empire and establishing modern day Mexico.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
A triangular sail at an angle of 45 degrees to the mast.
What is a lateen sail?
In 1519 Hernan Cortes began exploring this native American civilizations land located in Modern day Mexico, his arrival would eventually lead to their fall.
Who/What are the aztecs?
These three reasons motivated the majority of the Europeans to explore the New World
What is Gold, God, Glory?
The country Canada would not have been established without this French Explorer
Who is Jacques Cartier?
A tool used to measure the latitude of a ship at sea
What is a astrolabe?
This civilization was known for worshipping many gods, their chocolate drinks, their temple at Chichen Itza and being located in modern day Guatemala.
Who/What are the Mayans/Maya?
What are Colonization, War, Death, Slavery, Columbian exchange?
This European explorer is famous for "finding the fountain of youth" as well as leading the first European explorations to Florida.
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
A small fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers.
What is a caravel?
Today this civilization can be found in modern day New York, Canada and Wisconsin
Who/ What are the Iroquois?
These were some of the foods that Europeans were able to take from the new world
What is Corn, maize, tomatoes, potatoes, cacao beans, etc
This Italian explorer was sponsored by Spain on his voyage on which people believe he died at sea.
This tool can also be used to tell time.
What is an astrolabe
First encountered by the most infamous European explorer Christopher Columbus, this native American civilization would have lived in modern day Cuba, Jamaica, DR.
Who/ What are Taino?
Some of the risks while exploring were
What are death, lost at sea, shipwrecked, etc.