Age of Exploration Explorers and Vocab

This explorer made a total of four voyages from 1492 - 1502 across the Atlantic Ocean, "discovered" a New World, America, and named the natives there, Indians.

• John Cabot (England)

• Christopher Columbus (Spain)

• Ferdinand Magellan (Spain)

A Conquistador is

• An English pilgrim who settled in the Americas.

• A Spanish conqueror of the Americas.

• A mapmaker who worked for Prince Henry the Navigator.

An ECOMIENDA means

• an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

• A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

• a Spanish system that allowed colonists to demand labor from Native Americans (Spanish Plantations) OR land and native slaves given to Spanish rulers

Mercantilism is

• an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

• a Spanish system that allowed colonists to demand labor from Native Americans (Spanish Plantations) OR land and native slaves given to Spanish rulers

• people who work to spread their religious beliefs by setting up colonies to spread Christianity

This individual explored for Portugal during 1487 to 1488 and his expedition was the 1st to sail around the southern cape of Africa. King John II of Portugal changed the name of this cape to Cape of Good Hope to reflect that it opened a new trade route to the East.

• Amerigo Vespucci (Spain & Portugal)

• Bartolomeu Dias (Portugal)

• Jacques Cartier (France)

This explorer and his men traveled 24,000 miles during the years of 1497 to 1499 to discover the 1st SEA ROUTE from Europe to Asia.

• Vasco de Balboa (Spain)

• Hernan Cortes (Spain)

• Vasco da Gama (Portugal)

This individual explored for England and his expedition was the 1st European expedition to set foot on North America since the Vikings. He claimed the land for England.

• Hernando de Soto

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• John Cabot

During 1519 - 1524, this explorer and his men conquered the Aztecs and made Spain wealthy. He was_____________ __________.

• Christopher Columbus (Spain)

• Hernan Cortes (Spain)

• Francisco Pizarro (Spain)

He and his men conquered the Incas and made Spain very wealthy during his expedition which started in 1532.

• Hernan Cortes (Spain)

• Francisco Pizarro (Spain)

• Amerigo Vespucci (Spain & Portugal)

This word means conqueror; it is used specifically for the Spanish conquerors of Latin America & the Caribbean.

• compass

• conquistador

• circumnavigate

• cannibal