T.A.O.E.
Explorers
15th c. Globe
Dates
Church History
100
The time period, often called the ____________ ____________, although I agree with many historians who argue that this time period was not culturally darker than any other era in history.
Dark or Middle Ages
100
The ______________ were the leaders in true exploration during the 1400's. ______________ _____________ _____________ ___________, was called "the Navigator."
Portuguese
Prince Henry of Portugal
100
These European explorers sought ivory from ____________ ____________ ____________, silk from ____________, and spices, such as pepper, cloves, and nutmeg, from the _____________ and the nearby Molucca Islands, as the most precious and expensive resources in trading.
African elephant tusks
China
Indies
100
______________ ______________, an Italian explorer sailing under the Spanish flag, and his crew sailed out of the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on _____________ __________,___________. Their three ships, the ________________, the ______________, and the _____________ ____________, were not very large and were loaded down with all of the provisions that they could carry.
Christopher Columbus
August 3, 1492
Niña
Pinta
Santa Maria
100
Beginning in the early ___________ ____________, Spanish missions were established in LAtin America and throughout what is now the southwest section of the _____________ _____________.
17th century
United States
200
Perhaps they are called the Dark Ages because it was during this time period that Europe and Asia were dealing with a silent, deadly killer: the ____________ _____________. This horrible sickness spread like a fog, engulfing both rich and poor with its insidious could of death.
bubonic plague
200
Prince Henry had such an interest in navigation that he started a school to teach the _____________ ___________ of the day how to use the newest ___________ _____________. Although Henry himself never went on a great exploratory sea voyage, his contribution to the science of navigation put Portugal in the lead for exploration.
Portuguese sailors
navigational inventions
200
In the 15th century, goeographers believed that there were a few islands perhaps in the western waters between Europe and Africa, and China, Japan, and the much sought-after Spice Islands. They still used and respected world maps drawn by _____________ (Greek geographer) more than a thousand years before. These geographers never dreamed that there were huge land masses, rich in more natural resources than they could ever imagine!
Ptolemy
200
On ______________ ____________, after more than two months at sea, Columbus and his crew landed on the island of _____________ _____________ in the _______________. When he saw the dark complexion of the island inhabitants, Columbus was convinced that he had succeeded in finding the ocean route to the Indies. He called these people Indians and claimed their island for Spain.
October 12
San Salvador
Bahamas
200
The missions along the west coast of North America were built in strategic places to help control the native population and keep the nearby _______________ from trying to move in. The Spanish knew that if they did not convert the ______________ and bring them under their control, there would be no chance of holding onto the land.
Russians
Indians
300
Around the middle of the ____________ ____________, Europe experienced a cultural rebirth of sorts. The ______________ (old French for "rebirth") completely changed not only the world of art, but it also served as a catalyst for new growth and discovery in the fields of science and invention.
14th Century
Renaissance
300
Portuguese explorers __________ ___________, ___________ _____________, and ___________ ___________ ___________ sailed up and down the west coast of Africa, each one venturing a little farther.
Diogo Cão
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
300
It was also around this period of history that astonomers were studying the sky in ways they had never been able to before. Their conclusion that our planet was not ___________ ___________ of the universe was earth-shattering. Although it took some convincing that the universe really doesn't _____________ _____________ ____________, this new knowledge changed more than just how people looked at the stars - it changed how they perceived everything.
the center
revolve around us
300
It was the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who first sailed to the _____________ by traveling ________________ around the world. Like Columbus, Magellan believed that he could find a passage to the Spice Islands by traveling ______________. Sponsored by Charles I of Spain, Magellan set out to cross the Atlantic. It was ______________.
East
west
west
1519
300
The _______________, an order of priests, who had come from Spain over the last century to establish missions in the _____________ ______________, had been removed by the king of Spain.
Jesuits
New World
400
The Viking explorer ___________ ___________, who accidentally and unknowingly stumbled across North America at the place now called ____________ ____________, ____________.
Leif Erickson
Nova Scotia, Canada
400
____________ is credited for being the first European to discover the mouth of the Congo River in Africa, which he claimed for Portugal in _____________, as well as establish trading posts in ________________.
Cão
1482
Indonesia
400
Jan Matejko's Astronomer Copernicus, Conversation with ____________, ___________.
*Draw* 500pts
God
1872
400
In _______________, Spanish explorer and soldier Hernan Cortés arrived in the ____________ capital city of _______________ and captured the Aztec emperor, Montezuma. In _____________, the Aztecs revolted against Cortés' men, but the Spaniards had horses and guns, both of which the Aztecs had never seen before. Montezuma was killed, _______________ was destroyed, and the Aztecs fell to the Spaniards. Cortés became the governor of Mexico and claimed the area for Spain.
1519
Aztec
Tenochtitlan
1521
Tenochtitlan
400
The Franciscan monks had been told to take over the missions. ______________ _____________ was one of these monks.
Junipero Serra
500
Most of us are familiar with the stories of brave _____________ _____________ who sailed "past the edge of the earth" and landed on ___________ ______________ instead of the ____________, but ________________ was not the only explorer of this time period to set sail from European ports.
Christopher Columbus
San Salvador
Indies
Columbus
500
____________ was the first European to lead an expedition around the Cape of ____________ ___________ at the southern tip of Africa. _____________ _____________ ______________'s voyages to India in the years ______________ through _____________ gave Portugal trade routes in Africa and the Indies by way of the Cape. Unfortunately, these claims and trading posts also helped lead to the nasty business of slave trading, especially in Africa.
*BONUS* 500pts
Draw Illustration of Diogo Cão and his men erecting a cross in Africa.
Dias
Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
1497
1499
500
________________ __________________'s The Geographer, ______________.
*Draw*
Johannes Vermeer
1669
500
Another conquistador, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, became the first European to see the _____________ ________________ in ____________, when he led the expeditions through what is now Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma, which he claimed for Spain. Although he was actually looking for _____________ ______________ - a fabled city built entirely of gold - Hernando de Soto is believed to be the first European to cross the _______________ _______________. His expedition, in ___________-__________, took him into the heart of what is now the United States.
*DRAW* Coronado Sets Out to the North
Grand Canyon
1540
El Dorado
Mississippi River
1539-42
500
Serra was a professor before becoming a monk and volunteering for this mission in the New World. He had spent years working with the natives of Mexico and lived by the motto, " ______________ ____________ ______________ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________." It was Serra who officiated at the founding of San Diego. His treatment of the natives was cruel; he forced them to convert, and once they were baptized, they were under the authority of the Church.
*Bonus*
In the year Coronado led his expedition through what is now the southwestern part of the United States, ____________ ____________ _____________ was still on the throne in England. His rule ended about seven years later in January of ______________.
"Always go forward and never turn back."
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King Henry VIII
1547