Exploration
What did the explorers call the Americas?
The New World
What were the explorers in search of?
God, gold, and glory!
What new ship design was used to travel the Atlantic?
Caravel
What was the number one killer of Aztecs?
Spaniards
Who were the two Spanish monarchs that funded Christopher Columbus' expedition?
Ferdinand and Isabella
Why did the Europeans start looking for alternative routes to the east?
Religious warfare made it very difficult to get there directly.
What did Jamestown and other neighboring colonies harvest in place of gold after finding none?
Tobacco(or just raw materials)
What was the device that could tell longitude and latitude by measuring stars?
Sextant
Where did the Spanish start getting their slaves after a revolution by the natives?
Africa
Who was Jamestown named after?
King James the something
Who traveled down the west side of Africa and was blown around the southern tip by ocean gyres?
Bartolomeu Dias
What moved across the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade to America?
Slaves.
What technology helped the Spanish conquer Central America?
Who was the priest that led the revolution against the Spanish to free native American slaves?
What was the capital of the French colonies?
Quebec
What gold-wearing tribe did Christopher Columbus visit during his first expedition?
What areas did the French, English, and Spanish conquer?
France took Canada, England took the US, and Spain took South America/Central America.
What time period was the caravel invented in?
The Renaissance
What Aztec capital did the Spanish visit and promptly conquer?
Tenochtitlan
Who was the native interpreter that saved Plymouth with his kindness?
Squanto
What were the three ships that Christopher Columbus commandeered to America?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
Who was the captain of Jamestown? (Hint: Pocahontas)
John Smith
Name a quality that made the caravel more useful than other ships.
1. Sleepable
2. Lots o' storage
3. Light and Maneuverable
Who was the conquistador that returned to Spain as a hero after ravaging the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
How many Aztecs were left after the conquering of their nation?
1 million as of the year of Somethin