Explorer Quiz

Jacques Cartier

Canadian Explorer who claimed canada for france. He sailed across the Atlantic in 1534 and 1536 and explored the Gulf of St Lawerence and the lawrence River. He also met and interacted with iroquis indians.

Vasco Da Gama

Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail directly to india from Europe by going around the southerntip of Africa. This created a profitable trade route

Francis Drake

Drake completed a complete circumnavigation of the globe and also explored the coast of canada claiming it for england. He was granted permission to act as a pirate against spanish ships which increased tension between the nations

Ferdinand Magellan

Spanish explorer whose ships completed the first known circumnavigation of the globe. He however was killed in the phillipines in 1521 but his crew discovered a new passage from the atlantic to pacific ocean.

Lanteen Sails

Triangular sails or lanteen sails that allowed ships to sail almost into the wind by capturing the wind at an angle the ship could ZIGZAG at an angle to move faster in any direction

Astrolabe

Allowed sailors to measure the angle of the sun on the horizon which would tell them their latitude accurately. Measues how far north or south of the equator

Magnetic Compass

was improved for accuracy and would show sailors which way north was so they could more accurately determine their exact direction Chinease Invention

Hernan Cortes

1519 Allied himself with their other indegenous people Defeated the mighty AZTECS led to spanish colonizations of Mexico

Ponce de leon

1513 Governor of Puerto Rico led 1st european in north america expedition into FLORIDA obsessed with finding A fountain of youth

Francisco Pizarro

1532 Heard reports of riches in peru failed in 3 attempts to overtake the INCA on the 4th try he capturerd and executed the Incan emperor conquered the inca and founded the city of lima

Gold

Riches taken from Native empires brings great wealth to spain

God

Missionaries work to convert Natives to Christianity. Conquistadors believe they are doing God’s work

Glory

Fame and Immortality can come from conquering territory and bringing glory to yourself and the empire

Exploration

the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

Conquistador

A spanish conqueror that governs in the new world

Triangular Trade

Trade that relies on ports or regions evolves over time developed across the atlantic ocean due to the transatlantic slave trade that operated and connected three continents Europe, America, and Africa

Middle Passage

A stage of Atlantic slave trade where African slaves traveled to the Atlantic

Columbian Exchange

The global exchange of goods and resources in the 1500s - 1600s that occured after the europeans discovery of the New world

Effects on Europe

The impact was massive. It drastically changed diets and boosted the worlds population ways of life and Culture Diffusion also spread diseases and conflict across the globe

Mercantilism

A belief that is an economic system with profitable trading

Old World

A time belonging with former times of Africa Asia Europe

New World

A time relating to now or the western hemisphere