Changing World
This body of water separated the Old World from the New World.
Atlantic Ocean
France
Who was the Genoese explorer that discovered the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
This conquistador landed in present day Mexico and conquered the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes
European traders wanted these items from the East.
Spices, silks, gems, perfumes, and other materials.
The travels of this man inspired many Europeans to want to travel and explore the world.
This explorer sailed for England and claimed parts of Canada for them.
John Cabot
What country did Columbus sail for when he found the Americas?
Spain
Give me two reasons why Europeans were able to conquer Native Americans.
Diseases, weapons, horses, armor, and other Native Americans.
This is a piece of land that is claimed by another country for their resources.
Colony
These shaped inventions helped ships sail better and catch the wind.
Triangular Sails
Vasco da Gama was the first European to make it to this land, which enabled better trading with the East.
India
This trading system was created after the discovery of the New World.
Hernando de Soto explored the southern regions of the United States and was one of the first Europeans to cross what river?
Mississippi River
This term describes explorers that were paid by the Spanish crown to explore lands.
Conquistador
These fast and long distance ships created by the Portuguese helped explorers travel.
Caravels
Ferdinand Magellan
How many journeys to the new world did Columbus make?
4
This conquistador traveled to Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from America.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
This man mapped the coast of South America and had the land named after him.
This instrument was used to measure the stars, and helped explorers travel the seas.
Astrolabe
This term is used when an explorer sails across the entire globe.
Circumnavigate
What are 3 different groups of items that were traded between the Old World and the New World?
Food, Animals, People, Diseases.
Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida and searched for what mystical place?
Fountain of Youth
This economic idea believed that a country's power and wealth came from their materials that were exported and imported.