Chapter 15 terms

Question 1

Zheng He

Answer 1

Chinese Muslim explorer

Question 2

Arawak

Answer 2

Amerindians who moved from the smaller to the larger Caribbean islands

Question 3

Henry the Navigator

Answer 3

devoted his life to promoting exploration of the South Atlantic and African coast

Question 4

caravel

Answer 4

small sized ships who were quick and highly maneuverable

Question 5

Gold Coast

Answer 5

Southwestern coast of Africa, source of a lot of gold

Question 6

Bartolomeu Dias

Answer 6

first Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean

Question 7

Vasco da Gama

Answer 7

Portuguese explorer who led an expedition around Africa to reach India

Question 8

Christopher Columbus

Answer 8

Italian explorer who led a Spanish expedition across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 9

Conquistadores

Answer 9

Spanish explorers and conquerors

Question 10

Hernan Cortez

Answer 10

led an expedition to Cuba in 1519, then invaded Mexico and conquered the Aztecs

Question 11

Moctezuma II

Answer 11

Aztec emperor conquered by Cortez

Question 12

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 12

Spanish explorer who invaded the Incas

Question 13

Atahualpa

Answer 13

Incan emperor conquered by Pizarro