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Explorers Unit 2

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What is navigation? a sailing science of planning a route and finding a location
What is a magnetic compass? a tool that shows which direction is north
What is an astrolabe? a tool that uses the sun and stars to find a location
What is an expedition? a long and carefully planned trip
What is an entrepreneur? A person who starts a new business
What is latitude? a distance of north and south
What is longitude? a distance of east and west
Who traveled along the Silk Road and then came back from China to write a book about it? Marco Polo
Who sailed west in search of India, only to end up on an island in the Carribean? Christopher Columbus
Who were the Queen and King who sponsored Columbus's trip, in hopes of land, gold and power? Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
What is a cartographer? a person who makes maps
What is a colony? an area or place that is taken over and ruled by a far away country
What does convert mean? to change your or someone elses beliefs
What is a ruler of an empire? an emperor
What is the act of sailing around something? circumnavigation
Who realized that Columbus really discovered a New World, and not Asia? Amerigo Vespucci
Who actually was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the west coast? Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What did Columbus really discover? the island of San Salvador
What did the Europeans try to reform in the Natives? Their religion and their language
What empire did Hernando Cortes conquer? The Aztec Empire
What Empire did Francisco Pizzaro conquer? The Inca Empire
Who was the conquered Aztec king? Moctezuma
Who was the conquered Inca ruler? Atalhualpa
The people offered a room full of gold and silver to get who back? Atalhualpa
What did the Spanish bring to the New World that enabled them to take over thousands of people in these South American civilizations? The Spanish brought guns, germs, and horses
Who finally figured out that you had to sail around the tip of Africa in order to get to Asia and India from Europe? Vasco da Gama
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