Ch 5 thingamabobobls Flashcards
who was the first explorer to find their way around the tip of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
Who was tenochtitlan?
The ruler of the incas
who conquered the incan empire?
Pizarro
who was the first to round the tip of africa?
Magella
what tool did sailors use to measure the angle between a star and the horizon?
Astrolabe
What were new ships called?
Caravel
Who was a missionary?
Francis Xavier
first to step on north America?
Leif Ericson
What are the country’s of Asia called?
Orient
what was Pope Alexander VI asked to do?
divide the world
Who built a sailor school?
Henry the navigator
What made traveling from east to west easier?
traid winds
What country did Bartolomeu dias sail for?
Portugal
What country did Vasco da Gama sail for?
Portugal
Who was the captain of the first crew to sail around the world?
Ferdinand magellan
