Conquistadors
This explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Despite believing that he had found a western route to Asia, this Italian explorer who sailed for Spain is actually given credit for "discovering" America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This invention allowed sailors to no longer rely on the sun and stars for navigation.
What was the compass?
This explorer sailed for both the English and Dutch. He explored both the Hudson River and Hudson Bay in search of the Northwest Passage.
Who is Henry Hudson?
This was the goal for all Spanish Conquistadors.
What is gold?
Who were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
This explorer conquered the Incan Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
Marco Polo introduced this invention to Europe. Before this, books were written on vellum (treated animal skin).
What is paper?
This Spanish explorer was the first to see the Pacific Ocean while looking for a water route through the continent in central America.
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
What are silk and spices?
What is Asia?
This explorer was the first European to see the Mississippi River.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa and then on to Asia.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
What is gunpowder?
While looking for the Northwest Passage, this Italian explorer was the first to explore the northern coasts of America and Canada where he discovered rich fishing areas.
Who was John Cabot?
This was the favorite drink of the Montezuma, the Aztec ruler.
What is hot chocolate?
These three ships were given to Columbus to make his initial voyage.
What were the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria?
After failing to find the fabled Seven Cities of Gold, this explorer was the first to see the Grand Canyon.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
This explorer's book entitled Livres de Merveilles du Monde is credited for starting the Age of Exploration.
Who was Marco Polo?
Despite being killed in the Philippines, this explorer is credited with being the first to circumnavigate the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This good was often traded for gold in Africa.
What is salt?
Upon Columbus's return trips, this is the name given to the exchange of animals, foods, ideas, people and germs between the New World and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
After making several trips to the New World, this Italian explorer figured out that Columbus hadn't reached Asia but had instead discovered the New World.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
This Portuguese monarch founded the Sagres School, a school where explorers could learn all about the science of navigation.
Who was Prince Henry, the Navigator?
While searching for the Northwest Passage, this French explorer founded Quebec in present-day Canada.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
What is Timbuktu?
These people welcomed Columbus onto their islands. Little did they know, that in fifty years, they would all be gone.
Who are the Taino people?