Exploration
1519 conquistador who searched for gold in Mexico
Hernan Cortes
Instrument used at Prince Henry’s school to help determine latitude
astrolabe
Language of Brazil
Portuguese
The first European to sail down the west coast of Africa and round the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope
Dias
Name of the mountain range that runs along the western coast of South America
Andes Mountains
This European monarch started a “sailing university” in his country to encourage the Age of Exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
the human health condition that fights disease
immunity
Major SOUTH AMERICAN sugar growing country
Brazil
Financed Columbus’ voyage to the Indies
Ferdinand and Isabella
The name of the native peoples who met Columbus on San Salvador
Arawaks
instrument invented by the Chinese that enabled the Europeans to determine their direction
compass
the study and art of making maps
cartography
Two groups that were used as slaves
Tainos, Brazilians, native Caribbeans, Africans
Known as the true Renaissance man, he excelled in art, science, engineering.
Leonardo da Vinci
Two plants native to the Americas that helped Americans establish empires, and later had a great impact on Europe after the Columbian Exchange.
Corn and Potatoes
This vessel was built for the open sea and had plenty of space for trade goods and food
caravel
a large territory under the government and control of another country
colony
Pizarro
I am the Italian painter and sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling for the Pope.
Michelangelo
One reason why the Aztec Empire was weakened before the arrival of the Spanish
Two vocabulary word reasons why the price of Asian trade goods was so expensive in Europe before the Age of Exploration
middlemen and taxes
The new way of thinking in the Renaissance that emphasized the dignity of the individual and an interest in making life on earth better.
humanism
The cultivation of sugar led to this tragic result in the Americas
Slavery
His voyage proved Columbus to be right about being able to reach Asia by sailing West!
Magellan
One reason that the Inca Empire was weakened before the arrival of the Spanish