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Cortez
Vespucci
Conquered the Aztecs.
Claimed the land for
Spain. Pretended to be a
God. Had horses,
natives did not.
Received wheel of gold
and another of silver.
Took Montezuma
prisoner.
Dias
First to realize the
country we now call
America was a NEW
WORLD. America was
named for him.
First to sail around the
tip of Africa. He named
it the Cape of Storms
(because it was stormy!).
King John renamed it
the Cape of Good Hope
because it sounded
better.
Conquered the Incas.
Kidnapped their King,
Atahualpa, and killed
him even after the Incan
people paid a ransom of
a room of gold and an
even bigger room of
silver.
First to sail around
Africa and make it all
the way to India.
Explored the Mississippi
River in North America.
The Native Americans
called the river” the
Father of Waters.”
Queen Isabella & King
Ferdinand
The Dark Ages
Marco Polo
Turkish Conquerors
476 AD to 1000 AD.
Europe. Food was plain
and spoiled, cloth from
wool & flax.
House/furniture crudely
made. No education.
People learned Bible
stories and places.
A jewel merchant.
Traveled to
Cathay/China and lived
there for 24 years. He
stayed with Kublai
Khan. He wrote a book
about his experiences.
Rulers of Spain.
Equipped Columbus’
voyages.
Pizarro
Magellan
Ponce de Leon
Spaniard who searched
Led a group of sailors
for the fountain of
who succeeded in sailing youth. First Spaniard to
around the world,
explore the North
proving the world was
American continent.
ROUND! Sadly, he was Named the land Florida
killed in the Philippines which means “flowery
and did not finish the
land.” Was killed by an
voyage himself. 19 of
indian’s arrow.
his men did, though.
De Gama
DeSoto
Conquered the Holy
Land and made it
difficult for the
European Christians to
see the sites and trade.
They practiced the
Muslim faith.
Balboa
First to see the Pacific
Ocean. He crossed
Panama on foot and saw
the Ocean from shore.
He was a Governor in
the New World and was
executed for treason.
Prince Henry The
Navigator
From Portugal. Son of
the King. Built an
observatory & school for
navigation. Sent sailors
down coast of Africa.
They would report back
and he would add their
info to his maps.
Aztecs & where they
lived
Native American tribe
Capital city was
Tenochtitlan. Ruled by
Montezuma, who was
taken prisoners by
Cortez & killed.
Martin Waldseemueller
Straight of Magellan
A mapmaker (also called
Cartographer) from
Germany. He was
reading ship’s logs and
realized Columbus never
new he discovered a
New World but Amerigo
Vespucci did. He name
the New World
AMERICA for Vespucci
as a result.
The Dark Sea
Located on the tip of
South America, where
weather and current
make sailing difficult.
Magellan and even lost a
ship there. The Straight
of Magellan is a tiny
shortcut through the
bottom of South
America.
The Atlantic Ocean
Kublai Khan
Mississippi River
Nicknames
Father of Waters
(see De Soto)
Residents of the Greater
Antilles
Arawak tribe.
Columbus met them.
Sir Francis Drake
An English Privateer
and Explorer. Spanish
called him El Draque
Additional Information
Ruler of Cathay
Astrolabe
Navigation device used
to measure degrees
latitude
Horses in the New
World
Brought over to North
America by the Spanish,
horses were not
indigenous to this part of
the world.
Scurvy
A disease caused by a
lack of Vitamin C.
Causes gums to bleed,
among other things.
Columbus’ ships
Nina, Pinta, Santa
Maria. 2 were provided
by people of Palos,
Spain. Sailed in 1492.
Cathay (description)
China. Roofs of gold!
Trade Winds
Catch them to sail from
Europe to America.
They blow in a
Southwest direction.
Palos
Germany
Caravans to India
The people of this town
were convicted of
smuggling and had to
equip Columbus’s ships
and provide him crew
members as a result.
Additional Information
Didn’t have any
explorers but did have
many great map
mapmakers!
CAMELS to cross the
dessert.
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