8th Exploring the Americas

1492 - Italian explorer - sailed for Spain - looking for trade route west to Asia but landed in present-day Bahamas

• Martin Luther

• Christopher Columbus

• Rene LaSalle

• Ponce de Leon

instrument used to chart and measure stars for navigation on the seas

• astrolabe

• compass

• printing press

• conquistador

Early Europea explorers who came to the New World were looking for a northwest passage in order to.

• prove the world was round
• improve trade with Native American Indians
• explore the Great Lakes
• find a shorter route to Asia

During the 1400's, European countries competed to find sea routes to where?

• Africa

• South America

• Asia

• Canada

What Portuguese sailor successfully led a voyage around the world?

• Balboa

• Cortes

• Vespucci

• Magellan

What Country sponsored Columbus?

• Italy

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

What made it possible for sailors to travel safer and further than ever before?

• Advances in technology

• More detailed maps

• Improved ship design

• All of the above

A form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church.

• Catholicism

• Paganism

• Protestantism

• Reformation

Native Americans died by the thousands because they had no _____________ to European diseases.

• viruses

• vaccinations

• knowledge

• immunity

a fleet of warships, a navy

• presidio

• armada

• astrolabe

• caravel