New Empires In The Americas

Question 1

Leif Eriksson

Answer 1

Son of Erik the Red, was also an adventurer

Question 2

Henry the Navigator

Answer 2

Was responsible for advances that would make exploration more successful

Question 3

Astrolabe

Answer 3

A device that enabled navigators to learn their ships location by charting the position of the stars

Question 4

Caravels

Answer 4

New ships that used triangle sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind

Question 5

Conquistadors

Answer 5

Soldiers who led military expeditions into the Americas

Question 6

Hernan Cortes

Answer 6

Was a conquistador who left the island of Cuba to sail to present-day Mexico in 1519

Question 7

Moctezuma II

Answer 7

He was a king who ruled wealthy land to the west

Question 8

Francisco Pizarro

Answer 8

Was a Spanish conquistador who heard rumors of the Inca cities in the Andes of South America

Question 9

Encomienda system

Answer 9

Gives settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work

Question 10

Plantations

Answer 10

Large farms that grew just one type of crop

Question 11

Bartolome’ de las casas

Answer 11

Was a priest that said that the Spanish should try to convert Native Americans to Christianity by showing them love, gentleness, and kindness