European Explorers
European Explorers 2
Technological Advances
Native American Civilizations
The Age of Exploration
100
This Spanish explorer is responsible for the fall of the Aztec empire and establishing modern day Mexico.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
100
Christopher Columbus was originally trying to travel to which continent in order to find spices?
Asia
100
A triangular sail at an angle of 45 degrees to the mast. That allowed explorers to sail in any direction regardless of the wind
What is a lateen sail?
100
This native American civilizations land located in Modern day Mexico. they were known for their massive pyramids as well as being fierce and unforgiving.
Who/What are the aztecs?
100
The forced deportation of millions of Africans. For hundreds of years Africans were taken across the Atlantic and sold as slaves in the Americas.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
200
The country Canada would not have been established without this French Explorer
Who is Jacques Cartier?
200
This famous Spanish explorer captured and killed the Inca emperor Atahualpa which led to the fall of the Inca empire
Francisco Pizarro
200
A tool used to measure the latitude of a ship at sea
What is a astrolabe?
200
This civilization lived in Guatemala and were accomplished astronomers and mathematicians
Who/What are the Mayans/Maya?
200
Some of the risks of being a sailor at sea? Give me three risks
Sickness
Lack of nutritious food
Harsh punishment aboard ships
Unfamiliar territory
Hostile natives
Getting lost
Bad weather/storms
Pirates
Mutiny
300
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?
300
While trying to find the seven cities of gold this explorer explored much of the southwestern United States
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
300
A small fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers.
What is a caravel?
300
This civilization lived in upper state New York, Canada and Wisconsin. They were famous for living in longhouse and creating a confederacy between their tribes
Who/ What are the Iroquois?
300
The exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans between the Old World and the New World.
Colombian Exchange
400
This Italian explorer was sponsored by Spain on his voyage on which people believe he died at sea.
Who is John Cabot?
400
These three reasons motivated the majority of the Europeans to explore the New World
What is Gold, God, Glory?
400
A navigational tool that points North because a magnetized needle aligns itself with the Earth's magnetic field.
What is a magnetic compass?
400
This native American civilization would have lived in modern day Cuba, Jamaica, DR. They were known for being skilled fisherman and the first Native American tribe contacted by Europeans (columbus)
Who/ What are the Taino?
400
A historical time period when European countries explored other areas of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners. Is often called
The Age of ________
or
The Age of __________
The Age of Exploration or The Age of Discovery
500
Which 5 European countries were major participants in the Age of Exploration?
Portugal, Spain, France, England, and the Netherlands
500
This Spanish explorer is known for being the first to circumnavigate the world (sail around the world)
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
What is this tool called
What is an astrolabe
500
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?
500
The four major effects of the Age of Exploration were?
Globalization
Colonization
Slavery
Colombian Exchange