Name
Defeated the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
Line running north and south that divided the world between two European countries.
Line of Demarcation
Brazil and parts of India
Portugal
Established a navigation school
Prince Henry the Navigator (yes the full name)
Incan Leader
Atahaulpa
Genesis 1:28 - to fill the earth and multiply, to subdue and take care of the earth.
Note - not the way treatment of the earth was or of the people.
Shared profit of a joint-stock company
Dividends
Italian who sailed for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.
Christopher Columbus
Spanish conquers
Conquistadors
Mexico and Florida
Spain
Leader of the Aztecs
Montezuma
Crossed Panama to the Pacific Ocean trying to find Gold
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Spanish explorer tried to find the "Seven cities of Cibola"
Franciso Vásquez de Coronado
Name and compare and contrast the two economic programs.
Mercantilists viewed wealth as the national accumulation of resources such as gold and silver. Capitalists viewed wealth as the individual or corporate profit resulting from money invested to produce more money.
Fabled African King who desired to assist Europeans in their fight against the Muslims.
Prester John
Term developed during the Age of Exploration which today describes an insurance company.
Underwriter
Quebec and Mississippi
France
Father of New France
Samuel de Champlain
Established a trading post in India
Pedro Cabral
Roman Catholic friar who opposed the cruel treatment of Indians by his fellow Spaniards in the New World
Bartolomé de las Casas
Explain how new tools helped exploration be possible.
Navigational aids improved travel for explorers. Maps became more accurate as Italian mapmakers updated sailing charts based on the reports of traders and fishermen. These maps were little help to explorers who sailed uncharted waters. Explorers returned and updated maps which were then printed, encouraging further exploration. The compass became a valuable tool as it helped sailors determine direction and follow a definite course. The astrolabe, the quadrant, and the cross-staff were used to determine latitude. However, their accuracy was limited due to cloudy weather and the rolling deck of a ship. A new, versatile ship called the caravel was created. This light, fast vessel had both large square sails for power and smaller triangular sails to provide maneuverability. Its high sides and broad, deep construction made it suitable for ocean travel. (pp. 276–78)
First to reach India by sailing around Africa
Term the describes a voyage around the Earth
Circumnavigate
Newfoundland and Jamestown
England
Defeated the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
Leader of the Jamestown Settlement
John Smith
First "great" French explorer
Jacques Cartier
Explored for the Dutch
Henry Hudson
Son of a merchant and whose stories of his exploration helped push others to explore.
Marco Polo
Economic system that has the goal of advancing wealth mainly through investments
Capitalism
New York
The Netherlands
First to round the southern top of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
Jesuit Missionary who explored for France
Jacques Marquette
Compare and contrast the motives of the major countries for exploring.
Portugal and Spain were the leading nations of the Age of Exploration. Because the Italians had gained a monopoly on trade in the Mediterranean, sailors from the Iberian Peninsula turned southward to the coast of Africa and westward across the Atlantic in search of new trade routes to the East. A strong motivating force behind their drive for discovery was the crusading spirit, which was very much alive in the peninsula. Prince Henry “The Navigator” started a school of navigation. Columbus wrote that he believed he was commissioned by God to spread the Catholic faith in distant lands. He also believed he could reach Asia by traveling westward. He was able to convince the Spanish king and queen to finance his trip. Spain and Portugal began to compete for trade rights and new territory. Many of the Spanish explorers were driven by a desire for gold. They even abandoned exploring North America after they did not find gold. The French sought a Northwest Passage to the lands in the East. The Dutch also sought a shorter route to the East. Like the Spanish, the English sought gold. However, they came and settled in the land to develop it, not exploit it. European countries built commercial empires and sought to develop trade with new lands. (pp. 278–88)
The Aztecs were in awe of these items of the Spanish conquestadors
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Supply of invested money used by the joint-stock company
Capital
Java and Sumatra
The Netherlands
Caravel ships were better than other ships from the 15th century because of this
They had triangular and square sails.
Explored for England even though he was Italian.
John Cabot
Giovanni Cabot
Viceroy for Portugal in the East
Afonso de Albuquerque
Roanoke's founder
Sir Walter Raleigh