SS. Chapter 2 Flashcards
first Europeans to make contact with North America
vikings
son of Erik the Red, also an adventurer
Leif Erikson
person responsible for advances that would make exploration more successful
Henry the Navigator
A device that enabled navigators to learn their ship’s location by charting the position of the stars
astrolade
ships that used triangle sails, which allowed ships to sail against the wind
caravels
person that led an expedition from Portugal southward along the African coast
Barthelewmeu Dias
sailor from Genoa, Italy
Christopher Columbus
Columbus’ three ships were called
Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria
divided the Atlantic Ocean and issued a new boundary for Spain and Portugal
Line of Demarcation
moved the line of Demarcation 800 miles farther west
Treaty of Tordeillas
A Portuguese navigator who set out with a Spanish fleet to sail down the east coast of South America
Ferdinand Magellan
someone called to go all the way around the globe
circumnavigator
European explorers transferred new plants and animals to the Americas that was known as the
columbian exchange
soldiers who led military expeditions in the Americas were known as
conquistadors
left the island of Cuba to sail to present-day Mexico in 1519
Herman Cortes