Columbian Exchange
movement of people, animals, plants, cultures, and diseases between Eastern and Western heimspheres.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
led the 1st expedition to sail all the way around the Sun
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
A trip made to explore
What is an expedition?
tool that helps with direction; needle always points north
What is a magnetic compass?
Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias were explorers. The first explorer to travel.
Who is Dias?
one negative effect of the Columbian Exchange
diseases and/or slavery
one of the first Europeans to land in North America
Who is Leif Ericsson?
One who buys goods from others
Who is a merchant?
a ship with triangular sailors to better control the wind
What is a caraval?
Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias were explorers. The second explorer to travel.
Who is Columbus?
Two of the foods exchanged became very important to in Europe
What are corn and potatoes?
led an expedition, to Mexico, conquered the Aztecs, and destroyed and rebuilt on the ruins of the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortes?
a type of sailing vessel that had triangular sails and was small and lighter than other ships
What is a caravel?
measured the height of the sun or star above the horizon
What is an astrolabe?
Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias were explorers. The third explorer to travel.
Who is Cortes?
This animal allowed American Indians to travel faster, hunt easier, and carry heavier loads.
What is the horse?
sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
A Spanish conqueror
Who is a conquistador?
tells latitude and longitude at sea
What is a sextant?
Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias were explorers. The last explorer to travel.
Who is Coronado?
Grown on a plantation, this crop became very profitable because it could grown in warm, moist of the Caribbean.
What is sugarcane?
opened a navigation school and sponsored for sailors to sail for Portugal. Never said himself.
Who is Prince Henry?
outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly
What is an epidemic?
provided latitude at sea and exact measure of time
What is a chronometer?
this explorer helped slave trade to grow.
Who is Prince Henry?