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Age of Exploration
U1 L3 Age of Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Armada | A large Spanish fleet defeated in 1588 by the English. |
| Protestants | These people were reformers that protested certain practices of the Catholic Church. |
| Hernan Cortes | This was a Spanish conquistador that conquered Mexico and brought about the fall of the Aztec Empire. |
| Christopher Columbus | This Italian explorer sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean hoping to reach Asia. |
| Caravel | These are a type of ship that used triangular sails and were able to sail against the wind. |
| Astrolabe | This is a device that uses the position of the stars to navigate ships |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain. |
| Vasco De Gama | Found a sea route to Asia |
| Plantations | These are large for-profit farms that usually grow one type of crop. |
| Columbian Exchange | This is the transfer of plants, animals and disease between Europe, Africa and the Americas. |
| Henry the Navigator | This man started a school of navigation to teach better methods of sailing, paid mapmakers and shipbuilders as well as funding many explorations. |
| Northwest Passage | A nonexistent sea route through the Americas to Asia that explorers tried to find. |
| Francisco Pizarro | This Spanish conquistador, with the help of his Native American allies conquered the Incan Empire. |
| Middle Passage | The terrible journey that slaves were forced to take across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas |
| Leif Eriksson | This man led the first Viking exploration of the Americas |
| Jacques Cartier | French navigator who made three voyages to Canada for France |
| Protestant Reformation | A religious movement begun in 1517 that attempted to fix the corruption of the Catholic Church |
| Ferdinand Magellan | This man and his crew are credited for being the first to circumnavigate the globe. |
| circumnavigate | To sail or travel all the way around something (especially the globe) |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | This Spanish missionary and historian spoke out for the protection of Native Americans and against slavery. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | realized America was not Asia - the Americas were named after him |
| Robert Cavelier de la Salle | explored the Mississippi River, claimed land for France, and named it Louisiana after King Louis XIV |
| Henry Hudson | explored North America looking for the Northwest passage - exploration was sued by England to claim lands in the Americas |
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