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SS8 - Exploration

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What is the term for a Spanish "soldier of fortune"? Conquistador
What modern day country did the Incans live in? Peru
What city was always at the centre of medieval maps? Jerusalem
The Dhow, an Arab ship, used what kind of sail (triangular)? Lateen Sail
What country was the first to establish trading ports and colonies throughout the world? Portugal
Who was the Portuguese ruler who loved ships and navigation and helped to finance many voyages of exploration? Prince Henry the Navigator
What did navigator Bartholomew Dias accomplish? Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, Africa
What did navigator Vasco da Gama accomplish? Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, Africa and on into the Indian Ocean to India.
What secret treaty was signed between Spain and Portugal? Treaty of Tordesillas
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do? Divided the world down the Atlantic Ocean; West of the line belonged to Spain, East of the line belonged to Portugal. Though no other country knew about this treaty...
Christopher Columbus was born in what country? What country did he sail across the Atlantic for? Born in Italy. Sailed for Spain.
What did navigator Ferdinand Magellan accomplish? First to circumnavigate the world (travelled the whole world)
What did conquistador Hernan Cortez do? Helped bring the destruction of the Aztec Empire
What fatal disease did Europeans bestow on the the aboriginal peoples of North America? Smallpox
What are some effects of the Spanish Conquerors on the Aboriginal Peoples? Many killed/enslaved, aboriginal faiths destroyed by forcing Christianity on them, destruction of written records and architecture, smallpox
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