History 1
In 1492, who sailed the ocean blue? And was also given the funds to do so by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabelle of Spain?
What is Christopher Columbus?
Why did European nations start looking for a water route to Asia?
to take part in the profitable trade that Italy controlled
What is cartography?
The science of making maps.
What benefits did a caravel offer to explorers?
It enabled them to travel faster.
What did the Portuguese learn from Bartolomeu Dias’s accomplishment of sailing around the southern tip of Africa?
that they could reach the Indian Ocean by a water route
What did Gerardus Mercator accomplish?
He developed a new map projection.
Who sailed to Mexico and conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez
Who was the leader of the Aztecs?
Moctezuma.
What was the capital city for the Aztecs?
Tenochtitlan
In 1530 who was rumored to have set up another golden, Spanish Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
What disease killed a lot of the Incan tribe?
Smallpox.
After all the deaths from diseases, who was left to rule the Incan empire?
Atahualpa
Who killed Atahualpa?
Francisco Pizarro
What Incan capital does Pizarro take over?
Cuzco
one-fifth
By 1660, how much gold and silver was delivered to Spanish royalty?
200 tons of gold and 18,000 tons of silver
What insects did the Spanish take back with them?
Cochineal
What did the insects produce?
Red dye
Whose art was destroyed by Spain?
Mayan, Incan, and Aztec
What Mayan technology did the Spanish use to calculate for the empire?
quipu
What is a conquistador?
A Spanish soldier-explorer
What is colonization?
establishment of new settlers and their culture in other territories.
What is Devastated?
To bring to chaos, disorder, or ruin.
What is Pagan?
religion related to many gods
What is immunity?
your natural defense against disease