Explorers
I am an explorer for Spain who searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended up in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Who is 'Christopher Columbus'?
Explorers wanted to spread this to Native Americans. If they refused to convert, they could be killed.
What is Christianity?
Two new technologies that helped navigators reach their location
What is the Compass, Astrolabe, and/or Caravel (ship building)?
The Spanish name given to a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
Who are 'conquistadors'?
I am a Portuguese Prince who set up a school for navigation
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
Looking for fame and wanting things named after you. Power for your country. One of the 3Gs
What is Glory?
Path over land from Europe to Asia. It was dangerous, long, and many diseases were spread using it. It was traveled by foot using a pack animal (horse, donkey, camel, etc). Europeans and Asians wanted to find an easier sea routes instead.
What is the Silk Road?
Word for sailing around the world.
What is 'circumnavigate'?
This explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Who is Cortes?
The first European country to make it to the New World.
What is Spain?
A small, fast ship that had a shallow bottom that allowed it to get close to shore and used a lateen sail
What is caravel
The three-legged route that forcibly brought millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas. It flowed to and from three general areas on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. The three areas were Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade Route or Atlantic Slave Trade?
This European explorer sailed from the West towards South America, touched down in Africa and ended also in Asia. The first to sail around the world.
Who is 'Magellan'?
A land claim that is settled by a country in a foreign land
What is a colony
Name of the southern tip of Africa. First seen and rounded/crossed by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
Largest Native American Empire of the Meso-American societies. Located in South America through the Andes Mountains (Peru).
What is the Incan Empire?
An Italian explorer who realized Columbus did not reach India, but a new land. Two continents are named after him today.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The navigational instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars
What is Astrolabe
This animal was brought to Europe as a result of the Columbian Exchange.
What is turkey
Columbus discovered the Americas in _________
When is 1492