| A | B |
|---|
| Describe the caravel ship | triangular sails, could sail against the wind |
| What was the astrolabe used for? | mark nautical degrees |
| Who developed the magnetic compass? | Chinese |
| What were the three main reasons Europeans began to explore? | Greater wealth, spread Christianity, technological advances |
| What country was the first to make a profit from exploration? | Portugal |
| Who formed a navigation school in Portugal and dreamed of sailing to Asia? | Prince Henry |
| Who was the first European to sail around the tip of Africa? | Dias |
| Who was the first to sail from western Europe to India? | Da Gamma |
| Why did Spain decide to fund explorers? | success of Portugal |
| What was the main goal of Columbus? | Find a northwest passage |
| Where was Columbus from? | Italy |
| Who did Columbus sail for? | Spain |
| What was the main goal of early explorers? | Find gold |
| What did Columbus call the island he landed on? | San Salvador |
| What was the main goal of the second voyage of Columbus? | colonization |
| What is a colony? | Land owned by a nation abroad |
| Who was the first to realize Columbus did not sail to Asia? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| Who was the first to sail around the world? | Magellan |
| How did Magellan die? | In a local war in the Phillipines |
| What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs? | Cortes |
| Who was the leader of the Aztecs? | Montezuma |
| What does Conquistador mean? | Conqueror |
| Who were the first Europeans to settle in the Americas? | Spanish |
| What were three reasons the Spanish were able to defeat the Aztecs? | Better weapons, European diseases, aid of other Indian tribes |
| What Spanish explorer defeated the Incas? | Pizarro |
| How did the Spanish defeat the Incas? | Kidnapped their leader |
| How did Altahualpa die? | Strangled |
| What pope established the Line of Demarcation? | Alexander VI |
| Why was the Line of Demarcation established? | To keep peace between Spain and Portugal |
| What did Spanish settlers become know as? | Pennensilaries |
| What was a mestizo? | Mixture of Spanish and Native American |
| How did the Spanish settlers treat the Native American population in the Americas? | Worked them to death |
| What was the ecomienda system? | Spanish provided protection, Native Americans worked |
| What Spanish explorer named Florida? | Ponce de Leon |
| Who explored the southwest United States for Spain? | Coranando |
| What group of people began to explore America when little gold was found? | Priest |
