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Vocabulary & Terms

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Searched for gold and the Fountain

of Youth

Who is Ponce de Leon?

He found gold and the Pacific

Ocean… his gold brought more conquistadors

Who is Balboa?

The Incan empire had no chance

against him. These days you can find his statue in Peru.

Who is Pizarro?

“Hello Indians,” is what this man probably said when he found

Asia?

Who is Columbus?

The powerful Aztecs had no

chance against his soldiers, guns…

and diseases.

Who is Cortes?

Spanish Power

Their marriage helped unite Spain

and was the beginning of

Spanish power

Who are Ferdinand and

Isabella?

“You’re not Catholic? Get out or convert!” This was probably common

during this.

What is the Spanish

Inquisition?

After years of fighting Muslims in the

crusades, the Spanish saw the new world as a

place to spread it.

What is Catholicism?

Vasco de Gama’s discovery of a route to Asia limited this country’s focus to Asia and Brazil

What is Portugal?

These two areas were dominated by Spanish explorers.

What are Central and South America?

Vocabulary & Terms

The exchange of goods between the

New World, Europe, and later

Africa.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

A distance east or west of prime

meridian, measured in

degrees.

What is longitude?

A river that flows into a large river or

lake

What is a tributary?

An official document giving you the right to own land in the New

World given to you by a king or queen.

What is a charter?

You could change someone’s beliefs or one’s own beliefs if you just did this.

What is convert?

Other Explorers

He was the first to circumnavigate the world…kind of, he

was killed along the way.

Who is Magellan?

He claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France,

naming Louisiana in honor of King Louis

XIV.

Who is Robert de LaSalle?

Explored the river in New York that now bears his name and claimed the land for

the Dutch

Who is Henry Hudson?

He was convinced the land was not Asia but a “New World.” Later, it was named

after him.

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

He tried to find a Northwest passage to Asia but found the St. Lawrence

river instead.

Who is Jacques Cartier?

Why? Why? Why?

It allowed people to transport and

trade things easily.

Why did people build settlements

near water?

Europeans couldn’t get through by land

because Constantinople was under Ottoman control and it was

dangerous.

Why did Europeans look for

a new route to Asia?

They wanted to claim land for

Spain, get gold, and spread

Catholicism.

Why did Spain send conquistadors to the New World?

He had horses, better weapons, soldiers, the

support of enemy indian tribes… and disease to help him.

Why was Cortes able to defeat the

giant and powerful Aztec army?

Europeans had caravels, gunpowder, the compass, and the

astrolabe to help them.

Why were European explorers able to make expeditions in the late 1400s and early 1500s?

Make your wager

This Aztec capitol was home to tall buildings,

beautiful art, a flourishing economy,

and Moctezuma.

What is Tenochtitlan?