Famous People
This man was hired by Spain to find a new route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
What ocean did sailors have to sail across to get to the New World?
The Atlantic
What are the 3 ships that Christopher Columbus sailed to America with?
The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
x4 points!
What invention allowed people to find North, East, South, and West
The Compass
What was the deadliest thing that Europeans bring to the new world?
Diseases (yuck)
What is a conquistador?
x2 points: Name what they would wear, what they would carry, and 1 animal they would have with them?
A spanish soldier.
They would wear armor, carry weapons such as guns and swords, and they would ride horses and have dogs with them.
The Aztecs lived in what modern day country?
Mexico
When Europeans went to Asia, what were they looking to bring back to their homeland? Give 2!
Spices, Perfume, Cosmetics, and Medicine
What shape did the sails on ships have?
Triangle
Name 2 things that Christopher Columbus brought back to Europe to prove he discovered a new land?
Colorful birds, gold, spices, and people!
This man was 19 years old when he sailed from Cuba to Mexico, leading an expedition inland for the Spanish.
Hernan Cortes
What modern day country did the Inca live in when the Spanish took them over?
Peru
x3 points!
What rumor spread through Europe that led kings and queens to send more people to the New World?
There was a city made entirely of gold!
What invention allowed sailors to stay on the same latitude?
The Astrolabe
What 4 countries did the most competing when it came to exploring new lands?
Who was Malintzin?
She was a communicator between the Aztecs and Spanish.
What modern day state did the English settle in, but is also good for growing rice?
South Carolina
The Netherlands created a settlement that we know of now as New York City. What was the original name of that settlement?
New Amsterdam
What were map makers called in Europe?
Cartographers
x2 points!
Other than finding riches, what was a goal the Spanish tried to accomplish while they were in the New World?
Trying to convert native Americans to Christianity.
This man led a voyage that circumnavigated the world. He would end up dying in the Phillipines but his crew sailed back to Europe.
Ferdinand Magellan
x2 Points!
Name all 5 oceans on our planet.
The Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern!
The idea that people, goods, and ideas travel back and forth from the Americas to Europe is called what?
The Columbian Exchange.
What invention allowed people to make copies of maps and other paper materials?
The Printing Press
What cash crop helped save the Virginia Company early on in it's history?
Tobacco (yuck)