Age of exploration

Question 1

Inca Empire

Answer 1

Pacific coast, highlands of the Andes
Emperor Atahualpa
Conquered by Pizzaro

Question 2

Aztec Empire

Answer 2

Mexico
Emperor Montezuma II
Conquered by Cortéz

Question 3

Mexico City

Answer 3

Tenochtitlán

Question 4

The Aztecs thought Cortéz was…

Answer 4

Quetzalcoatl

Question 5

Mayans

Answer 5

Predated Aztecs

Question 6

Age of exploration aka…

Answer 6

Age of Imperialism

Question 7

Motivator?

Answer 7

MONEY

Question 8

Mercator projection

Answer 8

Gerardus Mercator
Uses completely straight grid lines to make rectangles that grow larger at the poles
Allows for accurate compass bearings to be displayed
Distorts countries such as Greenland and Russia

Question 9

Robinson projection

Answer 9

Curves edges and curved longitude lines

Question 10

Longitude lines

Answer 10

Run North to South
Measure east to west

Question 11

Latitude lines

Answer 11

Run East to West
measure north to south

Question 12

Conquistador ships

Answer 12

caravels

Question 13

Caravel traits…

Answer 13

Masts with interchangeable triangular and square sails
Lighter and faster
Keel, part that sticks down below the boat, balance and hydrodynamic
Portugese invention

Question 14

Science of map making

Answer 14

Cartography

Question 15

Astrolabe

Answer 15

An instrument to determine location using the positions of the stars
predecessor of the sextant
Was invented long ago but Europeans learned how to use it

Question 16

First person to round cape of good hope (previously cape of storms)

Answer 16

Bartholemeau Diaz (1488)

Question 17

Cabral

Answer 17

Portuguese sailor
Discovered brazil

Question 18

Vasco de Gama

Answer 18

Portuguese
Found a route to India south of Africa

Question 19

Hernán Cortéz

Answer 19

Spanish
Mutinied against the governor
Kidnapped king Montezuma II of the Aztecs and destroyed their empire
It was believed that he was Quetzalcoatl

Question 20

Pizarro

Answer 20

Spanish
Read about Cortéz kidnapping the Aztec emperor and did the same to the Inca emperor, Atahualpa

Question 21

Cabot

Answer 21

Italian but moved to England
Laid ground for british claim to Canada

Question 22

Jacque Cartier

Answer 22

French
Explored Canadian coastlines
Atlantic coast rivers and St. Lawrence River
First land claims to Canada

Question 23

Balboa

Answer 23

Spanish
First land claims of south America
Isthmus of Panama
Bay of San Migel and South Sea (pacific)
Kind to the native people, who guided him

Question 24

La encomienda

Answer 24

A system of endentured servitude with native south americans

Question 25

Laws of the indies

Question 26

Native people that Columbus met

Answer 26

Arawaks

Question 27

Treaty that defined brazil as portuguese by the pope

Answer 27

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 28

Magellan

Answer 28

Planned the voyage to circumnavigate the globe

Question 29

James Cook

Answer 29

Claimed Australia, new zealand, and Borabora

Question 30

New Laws of the Indies

Answer 30

Banned natives from being taken as slaves
Started the transatlantic slave trade

Question 31

Spanish rulers of american colonies

Answer 31

Viceroys

Question 32

de las casas

Answer 32

spanish missionary who opposed and doccumented the treatment of native people

Question 33

First person to round cape of good hope

Answer 33

Bartholemeau Diaz
1488

Question 34

First person to reach India

Answer 34

Vasco de Gama
1497

Question 35

Who discovered land in America?

Answer 35

America Vespucci

Question 36

First navigational power

Answer 36

Portugal under King Henry the Navigator

Question 37

Found the strait to avoid Cape Horn?

Answer 37

Magellan