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| astrolabe | an instrument that measured the position of stars and planets |
| magnetic compass | shows the direction of magnetic north |
| caravel | a sailing vessel designed for rough seas and long voyages |
| first explorer to reach the Bahamas | Columbus |
| the landmass west of the Atlantic Ocean was named after | Vespucci |
| first explorer to reach Brazil by accident | Cabral |
| first explorer to reach the peninsula of Florida | de Leon |
| first explorer to see the Pacific Ocean | de Balboa |
| first explorer to lead an expedition around the world | Magellan |
| narrow waterway at the southern tip of South America | Strait of Magellan |
| location of Magellan's death | Philippine Islands |
| place Columbus thought he landed | India or East Indies |
| first country to develp an empire in the Americas | Spain |
| the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria | three ships that Columbus used to sail to the Americas |
| year of Columbus's first voyage | 1492 |
| years of Magellan's voyage around the world | 1519-1522 |
| goal of most explorers | to find gold and convert Indians to Christianity |
| number of the 237 people that returned on Magellan's voyage | 17 |
| two main countries exploring Latin America | Spain and Portugal |
| German mapmaker that named America | Waldseemuller |
| reason Cortes went to Mexico | in search of gold |
| reason Moctezuma didn't kill Cortes | he thought he was a god or a messenger |
| reason Cortes' soldiers couldn't return to Cuba | Cortes had the ships burned |
| helped Cortes communicate with Indian groups | Dona Marina |
| response of Aztec when they figured out Cortes only wanted the gold | they attacked Cortes and his men |
| helped Cortes conquer Tenochtitlan | Indian allies |
| helped Spanish conquistadors conquer the Incas | superior weapons |
| explorer who wanted to find gold and riches in the Inca empire | Pizarro |
| first city Pizarro saw in the Incan Empire | Tumbes |
| result of Pizarro's arrival in Cusco | hundred of Incas were massacred |
| items Atahualpa offered to Pizarro for his freedom | room full of gold |
