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 native populations by the Spanish. This was supposed to be a system that "helped" them.
Encomienda
this is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
This was where the Aztec Empire's Capital Tenotchtitlan was located
Mexico
What ocean did the Triangle Trade take place on?
The Atlantic
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
What was the result of shipbuilding technology of the Portuguese in the 1400's. (hint: what was the name of the new kind of ships that was was created?)
Caravel
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus?
Largest and wealthiest of the American Empires; located in the Andes Mountain of what is now Peru
The Incas
What continents were involved in the Triangle Trade?
America's
Africa
Europe
This individual started a school for navigation and sponsored 50 voyages although he never explored himself.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the AOE?
Most died due to foreign diseases.
Explorer who first sailed around the Southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Which conquistador is responsible for wiping out the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Who are the Americas named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
The Crusades
What do historians call the exchange of goods and diseases between the Old World and the New World?
The Columbian Exchange
Which explorer was the first European to sail around Africa and into the Indian Ocean; opening trade for Portugal
Vasco DeGama
Who was the leader of the Aztecs, who was later killed by his own people?
Montezuma
Constantinople
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.
What was the name for the stretch of the Triangle Trade in which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
This explorer is credited for CIRCUMNAVIGATING the world
Conquistador responsible for wiping out the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
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