Explorers 1
First explorer to round the tip of Africa
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Spanish word for Conquerors
What is Conquistadors?
Conquered the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
This instrument was used in navigation and mapmaking (Hint: Four Points)
What is a compass?
This system believed that newly found wealth (gold and silver) should benefit the mother country
What is mercantilism?
This man established a school for navigation; nicknamed "The Navigator"
Who is Prince Henry?
Last ruler of the Aztecs
Who is Montezuma?
Discovered the Mississippi River
Who is Hernando de Soto?
What are the astrolabe, the quadrant, and the cross-staff?
This system advanced an individual's wealth through investments
What is capitalism?
First European to reach India by sea
Who is Vasco de Gama?
Who is Vasco Nuñez de Balboa?
Explored eastern Canada looking for the Northwestern Passage
Who is Jacques Cartier?
What is latitude?
A supply of money
What is capital?
Explored the Caribbean and South America despite thinking he was in Asia; First European to reach the "New World"
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Conquered the Aztecs
Who is Hernando Cortes?
Helped pass the "New Laws" which protected the indigenous peoples from being made slaves
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
European's solution to shipbuilding in the middle fifteenth century; was suitable for ocean travel
What is the caravel?
A portion of the profits that investors receive
What is a dividend?
This term means to circle the globe
Last ruler of the Incas
Who is Atahualpa?
First permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown?
A king in Africa who was rumored to be a powerful Christian king who wanted to aid the Europeans in their fight against the Muslims
Who is Prester John?
An organization where men pool their resources together to spread out the risk of investment amongst each other
What is a company?