Lesson 1
Portuguese Ships
Caravels
Sailor from Genoa, Italy
Christopher Columbus
Large Farms that grew just one kind of crop
Plantation
Document giving permission to start a colony
Charter
What part of the United States is Florida in?
Southeast
Viking who landed in present-day Canada in the year 1000
Leif Eriksson
Circumnavigate
Ruler of the Aztec empire during the early 1500's
Moctezuma II
Huge fleet of Spanish warships
Spanish Armada
What direction does the sun rise every morning?
East
Device used to determine location based on the position of the stars
Astrolabe
The transfer of plants and animals between the Americas and Asia, Africa and Europe
Columbian Exchange
Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas
Conquistadors
Water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Northwest Passage
If I could walk 500 miles, then I could walk
500 more
Portuguese prince who established a school of navigation and paid for expeditions
Henry the Navigator
Imaginary boundary in the Atlantic dividing Spanish and Portuguese territories
Line of Demarcation
System that gave settlers the right to tax Native Americans or to make them work.
Encomienda System
Religious movement that began as an effort to reform the Catholic Church
Protestant Reformation
My tummy turnin and I am feeling kinda home sick too
much pressure and I'm nervous
In 1497 a Portuguese expedition led by _________ sailed around the Southern tip of Africa and reached what country.
Vasco de Gama and India
Agreement between Spain and Portugal moving the Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
Priest who wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity by treating them in a better manner
Bartolome de Las Casas
French explorer who sailed up the Saint Lawrence River looking for the Northwest Passage
Jacques Cartier
Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by ____ more than people (hint: McDonalds + Queen)
Lightning