Europeans Set Sail
From what we know, he was the first European to sail to America. This was about 500 years before Columbus.
Who was Lief Eriksson?
Christopher Columbus, who was Italian, was sponsored by this European country when he "found" America.
What was Spain?
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions
Who were conquistadors?
a document given by the English king or queen giving someone permission to start a colony
What is a charter?
This is the name given to the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure.
What was the Middle Passage?
This member of royalty in Portugal was instrumental in encouraging and supporting the exploration of the world. He even began a navigation school!
Who is Prince (or King) Henry the Navigator?
the transfer of products and other things from America to Europe - and from Europe to America
What was the Columbian Exchange?
the Spanish conqueror of the massive Aztec Empire
Who was Hernan Cortes?
The French and Dutch were especially interested in finding this shortcut to Asia around the northern area of North America. It was finally found in the early 1900s.
What is the Northwest Passage?
When you are this, you have a natural resistance to diseases.
What is immune?
This "high tech" device of the time allowed navigators to plot their ship's location by charting the position of the stars. No, it's not a GPS.
What was an astrolabe? (astro = space or stars)
to go all the way around the earth
What is circumnavigate?
the leader of Mexico's Aztec empire
Who was Moctezuma (II)?
King Philip of Spain, angered by English pirates, put together a huge fleet of Spanish warships called by this name. (Of course, it was defeated.)
What was the Spanish Armada?
Because there were not enough workers to operate plantations, slaves were kidnapped and brought to America from this continent.
Where is Africa?
Both Bartolomeu Dias (who showed it could be done) and later Vasco da Gama (who actually did it) proved that they could reach Asia by sailing around this continent.
What is Africa?
This man's crew was the first to actually prove the earth was round by circling it. (This man did not survive the journey.)
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
the Spanish conqueror of Peru's Inca Empire
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
Meanwhile in Europe, this Catholic priest's actions led to the Protestant Revolution.
(Be careful with your answer here!)
Who was Martin Luther?
To keep slaves in shape during long ocean voyages to America, the crew bought them up on deck and often had them do this.
What is dance?
These triangular-shaped sails replaced square sails, which allowed ships to sail against the wind. Imagine that!
What were caravels?
The Pope, Alexander VI, issued this decree (ruling) of a new boundary to settle disputes between Spain and Portugal.
What was the Line of Demarcation?
This Catholic priest from Spain worked for human rights for Native Americans in New Spain.
Who was Bartolome de Las Casas?
They are Christians, but no longer Catholics. They protested several practices of the Catholic Church, so they formed the Lutheran church in Germany.
Who are Protestants?
This vocabulary term stood for the scattering of enslaved African people all across the New World.
What was the African Diaspora?