Vocabulary
What is a colony?
An area of land ruled by another country.
Who named the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
Prince Henry Was the ruler of which country?
Portugal
What is technology?
The use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly.
What is an epidemic?
An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people.
Which explorer defeated the Aztecs in 1521?
Hernán Cortés
Where was New Spain?
Present day Southwestern United States, Florida, Mexico, and the Carribean.
This tool told sailors if they were heading North, South, East, or West.
Compass
What is a caravan?
A group of people and animals who travel together.
What was the name of the Italian explorer who travelled from Venice, Italy to China in the year 1271?
Marco Polo
What was the name of the road that connected China and Europe, and was used for trade?
The Silk Road
Developed in 1454 by Johannes Gutenberg, this product made it possible to print many copies of a page quickly.
Printing press
What does it mean to circumnavigate?
To sail completely around something.
Which explorer realized that the land that Christopher Columbus thought was Asia, was not Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
The first West African Trading Kingdom was in which country?
Ghana
This tool measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.
Astrolabe
What is a merchant?
Someone who buys and sells goods to make money.
Who led the first Portuguese voyage to reach India?
Vasco de Gama
What did the Portuguese name the tip of Africa?
The Cape of Good Hope
This Chinese invention helped European Sailors, and was used in weapons.
Gunpowder