Name the Explorer
I am an Italian sailing for the Portuguese empire who accidentally landed in the Americas in 1492 trying to find a faster route to Asia.
who is Christopher Columbus
Ships created by the Portuguese that would allow for faster and longer sea travel.
what is a Caravels
Christopher Columbus wanted to a faster route to here
What is Asia
Spanish Priest who would document experiences of Native Americans living under Spanish colonization in the 1500s.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casas
To travel or sail completely around an entire object, area, or the Earth
What is Circumnavigate
I lead the Conquistadors in taking over the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortes
Portuguese royal who created a school to train sailors and financially back many explorations
who is Prince Henry the Navigator
The year Columbus set sail for the Americas
When was 1492
Who were Spanish Soldier-Explorers
Conquistador
The global transfer of food, plants, animals, and ideas between the old world and the New World during the Age of Discovery
Columbian Exchange
I was the first person to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Group of Europeans who arrived the Americans about 500 years before Christopher Columbus
Who are vikings
The Ships that christopher columbus would use to sail to the Americas
what is the the nina the pinta and the santa maria
What three things did the Conquistadors want
Gold, God and Glory
an original, first-hand record, object, or piece of data created by a participant in or a witness to an event or topic
What is a Primary Source
I am a Spanish explorer who explored Florida and was rumored to be looking for the fountain of youth
who is Juan Ponce de León
Portuguese explorers would create a route from Europe to Asia by
What is sailing around the Cape of Africa
christopher columbus was from his current day country
A 16th-century Spanish colonial labor system that granted conquistadors and settlers the right to demand tribute and forced labor from indigenous people
What is the Encomienda System
an example of something that from the old world to the new during the Columbian Exchange
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I am an Italian explorer who the America’s was named after
Amerigo Vespucci
Treaty that would split the world in half between the Spanish and Portuguese Empires
what is Treaty of Tordesillas
The of people christopher columbus made first contact with in the Americas
Who are the taino people
The Two American Empires that Spanish Empire conquered
what is the Aztec and Inca
an example of something that from the New world to the Old during the Columbian Exchange
answers may vary