TERMS
A GROUP OF TRADERS THAT WHO TRAVEL TOGETHER TO TRADE AND SELL THEIR GOODS.
CARAVAN
A SPANISH EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE AMERICAS.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
AN INVENTION THAT ALLOWED SAILORS TO KNOW WHICH DIRECTION THEY WERE SAILING.
COMPAS
PORTUGESE NAVIGATOR WHO WANTED TO BE THE FIRST TO SAIL FROM EUROPE TO INDIA.
VASCO DE GAMA
A PENINSULA IN SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE; INCLUDES THE COUNTRIES OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.
IBERIAN PENINSULA
WHAT YEAR DID CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SET SAIL?
FOR 100 BONUS POINTS: WHAT WAS THE EXACT DATE HE SET SAIL?
1492
OCTOBER 12
A PORTUGESE CONSTRUCTED SHIP WITH LARGE TRIANGULAR SAILS.
CARAVEL
A PORTUGESE NAVIGATOR WHO WAS THE FIRST TO SAIL AROUND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA
BORTOLOMEU DIAS
WHAT SHAPE SAIL GIVES THE SHIP POWER.
A LARGE RECTANGULAR SAIL
A SPANISH MAN WHO MOVED TO THE AMERICAS IN 1502 AND OPPOSED THE SINFUL TREATMENT OF THE INDIANS.
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS
TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF A SHIP TO HEAD INTO THE WIND IN A ZIG-ZAG PATTERN
TACKING
HELPED PORTUGAL BECOME SKILLED AT EXPLORATION.
PRINCE HENRY
WHAT SHAPE SAIL ALLOWS THE SHIP TO SAIL INTO THE WIND
SMALL TRIANGULAR SAILS
FRENCH PROTESTANTS WHO WERE FORBIDDEN TO MOVE TO AMERICA.
HUGUENOTS
A TOOL INVENTED BY THE ARABS THAT SAILORS USED TO DETERMINE THEIR LOCATIONS.
QUADRANT
EVENTUALLY DECLARED THAT AMERICAN INDIANS ARE HUMANS WITH SOULS AND SHOULD BE TREATEDE AS SUCH.
THE POPE
GOVERNER OF AMESTERDAMN WHO WANTED PEOPLE TO JOIN THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH.
PETER STUYVESANT
LINES THAT RUN EAST TO WEST ALONG THE GLOBE.
LATITUDE