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Technology
The use of scientific knowledge for purposes
More accurate what showed the direction of ocean currents and lines of latitude
What is maps
England,France, and the Netherlands sent explorers in hopes of divcovering the Northwest passage from the Americas to where.
What is Asia
Christopher Columbus
Who is an Italian navigator that came up with a plan to get to Asia but never did.
What is a crusade
What is: holy wars
Astrolabe
An instrument that measured stars and determine their latitude
Who discovered a route around South America
Who is Ferdinand Masellan
Who reached the southern tip of Africa for Portugal?
Who is Bartholomeu Dias?
Marco Polo
Who is a famous explorer from Europe who set across Asia to China in 1271 only at 17 years old.
During 1000's to 1300's, Europeans fought a series of what
What is: crusades
Circumnavigate
Sail around, the world
The crusades interest in land in the east helped increase what between Europe and Asia
What is trade
Who traveled west across the Atlantic Ocean for to find a route to Asia for Spain?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Montezuma
Who is an emperor of the Tenochtitlan and welcomed Cortes and his soldiers. Later on Cortes took advantage and captured Montezuma and made his prisoner.
What did Marco Polo's voyage inspire
What is: Christopher Columbus's voyage
Conquistador
Explorers who received grants from Spanish rulers.
Ambitious kings and queens in Western Europe sought ways to increase trade and make their countries what?
What is stronger and wealthier
What helped sailors determine their location when at sea?
What is astrolabe
Vasco da Gama
Who is a Portuguese voyager that was the first one to voyage in India and set out with four ships.
Strong monarchs that came to power established this
What is: national laws, taxes, courts, armies to replace local lords
Northwest passage
A more direct water router to asia
For Portugal, who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488
What is Bartholomeu Dias
Spanish what conquered the Aztec and Incan empires?
Conquistador
Bartholomeu Dias
Who is a Portuguese explorer who is famous for reaching the southern tip of Africa but ran into a bad storm and carried him around the southern tip of Africa.
The Chinese invented this
What is: compass