Causes of the Age of Exploration
What were the three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration?
to find gold and riches, explore and claim new lands, and to spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
The cruel, unfair, treatment of individuals, making them work for no pay is _______.
Enslavement/Slavery
this is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
This modern day capital city was where the Aztec Empire's Capital Tenochtitlan was located
What is Mexico
The capital city of the Aztec Empire the Spanish had to reach.
What is Tenochtitlan
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
What was the name of the new type of ship that allowed the Americas to be discovered?
A. Caravel
B. Rudder
C. Sailboat
What is the Caravel
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally discovered the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The names of the 3 largest Mesoamerican Indigenous Peoples. (A, M, I).
Who are the Aztecs, Mayas and Incans
The name given to individuals or groups who decide to join forces to reach a common goal or victory. (starting with A)
What is an Alliance or Ally
This individual sort sponsorship from two different countries before setting sail in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the AOE?
Most died due to foreign diseases or the result of conflict.
The competition between Spain and Portugal for new land in the Americas resulted in the formation of this Treaty.
A. Treaty of Versai
B. Treaty of Tordesillas
C. Treaty of Columbus
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
This felmale former slave became an influential communicator for the Spanish in their conquest of the Aztecs.
Who is La Malinche
What Geographical features made it difficult for the Spanish to reach Tenochtitlan when they first arrived in 1518.
What are the The Mountain or Volcanic Ranges.
Name three examples of technology used to increase sea exploration in the 1400's.
What are the astrolabe, compass, maps, and caravels,
This country became one of the most wealthy in all of Europe during the 16th Century because of the Age of Exploration.
What is Spain
What type of trade did Christopher Columbus spark that included the trade of ideas, animals, people, and diseases?
The Columbian Exhange
This man was the Emperor of the Aztec Empire when Hernan Cortes arrived.
Who is Moctezuma II
These 3 things helped the Spanish to defeat and overpower the Aztec Empire. (W, A, D)
What are Weapons, Allies and Diseases.
Steel weapons and gunpowder
Alliances with other tribes
Diseases such as small pox weakening and killing Aztecs.
Name 3 European countries that competed in the Age of Exploration to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.
What animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses!
This explorer led the Spanish to conquer the Aztecs in 1521.
The reason why the Aztecs practiced human sacrifice.
To appease the Sun God, Huitzilopochtli and keep him moving through the Sky
This event led to the outbreak of war between the Aztecs and Spanish in Tenochtitlan and led by this Spanish General left in charge.
What is the Massacre at the Temple in Fiesta, led by Alvarado.