This tribe inhabited the entirety of the Caribbean island complex circa 300 BC
What is the Arawak?
100
Columbus's boats were the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the _____
What is that Nina?
100
This sea is home to many tropical islands, and was the first target of Spanish exploration.
What is the Caribbean?
100
Portugal, during the treaty of Tordesillas, received claim to all territory in this direction of the line.
What is the East
100
This Italian city state participated in buying valuable Indian trade goods from Egyptian and Arabian merchants, and had established trade colonies throughout the Aegean and Black Seas
What is Genoa?
200
Coming straight out of modern day Guyana, this tribe invaded and conquered a string of adjacent islands from their inhabitants.
What is the Carib?
200
This was the house family name of Queen Isabelle's husband.
What is the Trastamara House?
200
This Portuguese man, unhappy with the narrow-mindedness of his superiors, defected to Spain in order to explore for the Spanish crown instead.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
This man was largely responsible for Portuguese success in the maritime field, capturing the Moroccan city of Ceuta in 1415 and exploring much of the Southern Atlantic.
Who is Henry the Navigator?
200
This Italian city state traded with Arabian merchants for Indian trade goods and established a massive trade empire throughout the Mediterranean
What is Venice?
300
This tribal kingdom spanned the majority of modern day Ecuador, Peru, and Chile.
What is the Inca?
300
This man is largely credited for circumnavigating the globe, even though he did not.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
300
This country was a major participant in the early Reconquista, but was absorbed into Castile in 1230.
What is Leon?
300
The capital of Portugal.
What is Lisbon?
300
This Arawak island was named Haiti, and was one of the first places colonized by the Spanish.
What is Hispaniola?
400
In the vastly divided and diverse region of Mexico, this kingdom in particular was immensely rich and powerful, thus catching the eye of Spanish explorers.
What is the Aztec?
400
This man crossed the isthmus of Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa?
400
This trade good was found in copious amounts in the Andes mountains of Peru, and throughout Mexico. It's discovery excited Spain as a whole, and encouraged mass support for colonization as well as bloating the Spanish economy.
What is gold?
400
While early Spanish exploration was focused on the Caribbean, Portuguese early exploration mainly revolved on the mapping of this.
What is Africa?
400
This remnant of the Umayyad Caliphate in Iberia was finally conquered by the Iberian Union of Aragon, Castille, and Portugal in 1492.
What is Granada?
500
This island, previously known as Borinquen, was originally inhabited by the Arawak tribe before it's eventual colonization by Spain
What is Puerto Rico
500
This captain had exceptional mounts of work put into improving his ships for his journey, and hiring the best crew. Upon his departure, he led the best fleet Portugal had ever seen.
Who is Vasco Da Gama?
500
This man refuted Columbus's impossible claims that he had discovered India, and discovered much of the New World, prompting it's naming.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
This coastline explored by Fernao Gomez housed Portugal's future partner, Benin, as well as Portugal's main base of trade in West Africa.
What is the Gold Coast?
500
This city is adjacent to Ceuta, and was besieged by a hopeful Henry the Navigator for a short time in 1437 before his army was routed by the Moroccan Caliphate.