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Age of Exploration and Early Americas

QuestionAnswer
Caravel larger, stronger ships
Circumnavigate sailed around the world
Prince Henry the Navigator made exploration a success for Portuguese; built a school for mapmakers, shipbuilders, and navigators to share their knowledge
Navigator person who directs a ship
Vasco da Gama traveled around the southern tip of Africa and successfully found the new route to Asia
Christopher Columbus looking for a western route to Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean, but landed instead in the Americas
Ferdinand Magellan had a crew that would circumnavigate, or sail around, the world.
Columbian Exchange the exchange of goods between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas)
Mesoamerica region of land that stretches from the central area of Mexico south to the northern part of Central America
Maize corn
Conquistadors Spanish conquerors
Mayan civilization that included most of Central America and southern Mexico
Aztecs located in what is now Mexico
Incas located on the west coast of South America
Quipu process of tying knots in strings to count; used by the Incas
Created by: KARENCROSBY
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