Portuguese Explorers
He charted a sea route to India in 1497
Vasco De Gama
Which country financed Columbus' voyage?
Spain!
Where did Columbus believed he landed?
India
Conquistador
Spanish conqueror
A "need" for this in the New World caused the ____ trade to begin and develop over time.
Slave Trade/ slaves
He was the first to go around the southern tip of Africa in 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
His voyage opened up a westward route to the Indies
Ferdinand Magellan
A narrow passage in the southern tip of South America is called
Strait of Magellan
Circumnavigate
All the way around.
What advances in technology aided exploration?
astrolabe, compass, rudder, caravels, and triangular sails
The ruler who helped Portugal become a world leader in sea exploration was
Henry the Navigator
He defeated the Aztecs in 1520
Hernan Cortes
In October 1492, Columbus landed on a island on which body of water?
Caribbean Sea.
Small, sturdy, and fast ships.
During the Age of Exploration, Europeans were able to make longer, safer sea voyages because of improvements in___
mapmaking
Pedro Cabral sailed so far west that he landed here
Brazil
Hernan Cortes defeated this Aztec ruler
Montezuma
Prince Henry of Portugal encouraged explorers to find a route around what continent to get to India's rich spice trade?
Africa
Cartography
Art and Science of mapmaking
The spice trade was located on which continent?
Asia.
The ultimate goal of the early Portuguese explorers was to....
find water route around Africa to India.
Francisco Bizao defeated this Inca Emperor
Atahualpa
He sailed west to the coast of Canada
John Cabot
What were the native people (from Columbus' discovery) called?
Taino
This country controlled the spice trade in Europe before the Age of Exploration.