Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
What is PATRON?
100
The navigation tool that helped European sailors know which direction they were going
What is the MAGNETIC COMPASS
100
The direction Columb sailed in his attempt to reach Asia
What is WEST
100
Spanish exploration affected the lives of Native people in a negative way. Native Americans lost their land and were forced to work as slaves. Many caught diseases. These Spanish explorers were called
Who are CONQUISTADORS
100
The first explorer to circumnavigate the earth
Who was MAGELLAN
200
An outbreak of quickly spreading disease
What is EPIDEMIC?
200
The navigation tool that helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator
What is the ASTROLABE
200
The length of time it took Columbus to sail before he reached land on his first voyage
What is FIVE WEEKS
200
This mammal was a positive addition to Native American life allowing them to travel farther in search of food, hunt prey more easily, and carry heavy loads long distances
What is the HORSE
200
Cortes took this person prisoner because he wanted to conquer the Aztecs
Who was MOCTEZUMA
300
A person who buys and sells goods
What is a MERCHANT
300
The man who started the Portuguese navigation school around 1419
Who is PRINCE HENRY
300
What year did Columbus sail to North American while attempting to sail to Asia
What is 1492
300
The movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
What is the COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
300
The first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon in Arizona was part of this man's expedition
Who is FRANCISCO VASQUEZ de CORONADO
400
The buying and selling of humans as property
What is the SLAVE TRADE
400
Shipping goods to and from Asia over land routes was slow and dangerous. Merchants thought that this would be faster and safer than land routes
What is SEA ROUTES
400
The name Columbus gave to the general area where he landed on his first voyage
What is the WEST INDIES
400
Native populations of North American decreased due to these factors
What are DISEASE and OVERWORK
400
Juan Ponce de Leon settled an island of this land in 1508
What is PUERTO RICO
500
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is a COLONY
500
This ship was lighter than older ships, had triangular sails for better control, waterproof decks, and their sails lasted a long time
What is the CARAVEL
500
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund Columbus's voyage because they wanted to spread Christianity to Asia and to profit from trade. In Asia, he was supposed to trade for
What is GOLD AND SPICES
500
Europeans imported these enslaved people because they needed a new source of labor
Who were the AFRICAS
500
The country Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was from