Ch 7 Quiz Flashcards
In 1592 ___________ sailed west from Spain in an effort to sail around the world
Ferdinand Magellan
_______ is the towns where the Indians lived
Pueblos
Around 1345 the ________ built their capital,_________, on an island in the middle of a lake in central Mexico
Aztecs, Tenochtitlán
Explorers sails in search of a mythical king, _______, in Africa who was thought to be a Christian
Prester John
The ________ is what sailors used to measure the angle between the sun or a star and the horizon at the specific time of day or night
Astrolabe
Winds that were especially important to the early explorers were the ______ _____, belt of consistent winds that blow from east to west
Trade winds
________ is Spanish for conquer, these men discovered and brutally destroyed Indian civilization in central and South America in search of gold
Conquistadors
Name the first Portuguese explorer to land in India
Vasco da gama
Name the three ships Colombia sailed in
The ninya, pinta, and the santamaria
What Roman Catholic fair traveled to America as a missionary to the Indians
Bar tolome de lascasas