European Voyages

Question 0

What was the motivation for European voyages?

Answer 0

Glory, God, and Gold

Question 1

What was the Portuguese objective in voyaging?

Answer 1

1) Not to be wiped out my Muslims

2) To keep Christianity alive

Question 2

What was the Spanish objective in voyaging?

Answer 2

Needed more spices for trading

Question 3

Did the Portuguese decide to travel east or west?

Answer 3

East, along the coast of Africa.

Question 4

Did the Spanish decide to go east or west?

Answer 4

West

Question 5

Who was the leader of the Portuguese and the first man to start European voyaging?

Answer 5

Prince Henry the Navigator

Question 6

Who was the first European sailor to travel on the voyage around the east coast of Africa? This man also discovered the bottom of Africa and called it “the cape of good hope”.

Answer 6

Bartolomeu Dias

Question 7

Who was the first sailor to go all the way around the continent of Africa?

Answer 7

Vaso De Gama

Question 8

Who were the king and queen of Spain at the time of Christopher Columbus?

Answer 8

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

Question 9

Who were the moors?

Answer 9

Muslims from North Africa who were attacking Spain and Portugal.

Question 10

Why were the moors so successful in their conquest?

Answer 10

They had better weapons, ships, supplies and horses.

Question 11

What is the tool Christopher Columbus used to navigate?

Answer 11

Astrolabe

Question 12

What were the names of Christopher Columbus’ 3 ships?

Answer 12

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

Question 13

Who are the first Indians to ever make contact with foreigners?

Answer 13

Tainos/Arawak Indians

Question 14

What name does Christopher Columbus give to the Carribean islands?

Answer 14

Hispaniola

Question 15

What was the treaty of Tordesillas?

Answer 15

Division of the world between Portugal and Spain.

Question 16

When was the treaty of Tordesillas established?

Answer 16

1494

Question 17

Who was the Spanish conquistador who wiped out the Aztecs?

Answer 17

Hernando Cortes

Question 18

Who is the Mexican king of the Aztec civilization?

Answer 18

Moctezuma

Question 19

What is the Quetzlcoatl myth?

Answer 19

An Aztec god who looked like a flying snake. He could also transform into a white man.

Question 20

What are some omens of Quetzalcoatl?

Answer 20

1) A comet
2) a giant wave comes out of the lake and wipes out 1/2 the city
3) Quetzalcoatl will come back to Mexico on a ship.

Question 21

Who is the sole translator between the Aztec and Spanish?

Answer 21

La malinche

Question 22

What is the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 22

Exchange of food, animals, and diseases led by Christopher Columbus.

Question 23

Who attempted to take over the Incan civilization?

Answer 23

Spanish Conquistador; Francisco Pizarro

Question 24

What is the name if the Incan King who refuses to arm his men when inviting the Spanish to his celebration?

Answer 24

Altahualpa

Question 25

What is the sacred valley?

Answer 25

Valley in Peru where the Spanish first launches their attack on the unarmes Incans.