| A | B |
|---|
| motive | reasons |
| maps | tool used for exploration- they got better as there was more exploration- knowledge of the world became more common |
| compass | invented by Chinese- sailors could tell which direction they were heading |
| latitude | tool used to help them discover their location |
| Caravel | a light fast vessel that was well- suited for travel on the ocean |
| Prince Henry | from Portugal "the navigator" |
| Vasco de Gama | went around the cape of Good Hope to India; from Portugal |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian born but sailed for Spain; credited with discovering the "New World" in 1492 |
| Ferdinand Magellan | from Spain- first explorer to circumnavigate the world |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquistador; massacred the Aztec indians |
| Francisco Pizarro | cruelest Spanish conquistador; went to Peru and slaughtered the Incas |
| Hernando de Soto | explored the southeastern US in 1539; discovered the Mississippi River |
| Henry Hudson | Dutch; claimed the area that is now New York City |
| Bartolome de las Casas | wrote about the abuse of Indians |
| John Cabot | led the first English expedition in North America |
| circumnavigation | traveling all the way around the world |
| Cape of Good Hope | tip of Africa- found a direct water route from Africa to India |
| Line of Demarcation | Spain and Portugal were competing for the land in the new world and the pope drew the line to settle the issue- Portugal got everything East of the line and Portugal everything west |
| Conquistadors | Spanish conquerers sent from Spain to conquer the new land- said they traveled to find gold and spread word of God but they were really brutal and murdered people if theydid not agree to follow the authority of the pope |
| Requerimento | the Conquisitors would read this to the indians before making war with them- it discussed the authority of the pope- if they did not follow it they were usually massacred |
| What were the 5 main motives for exploration | search for new trade routes, quest for gold, desire for adventure and glory, religious concerns and competition between nations |
| Who followed after explorers to new lands | merchants, soldiers, settlers, and missionaries |
| Did Christopher Columbus really discover anything | no |
| How did the line of Demarcation affect exploration? | it gave spain the rights to nearly all of the New World except Brazil and it kept Spain from going to Africa and finding a new route to the Orient |
| How were the conquistadors so dominant over the indians? | they had guns and horses |
