Age of Maritime Expansion review

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided

• North America between the Spanish & British

• Europe between Catholics & Protestants

• Central America between France & Spain

• South America between Spain & Portugal

Ferdinand Magellan

• claimed Florida for Spain

• claimed the Philippines for Spain

• claimed Hispaniola for Spain

• became the viceroy of Peru

Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador who

• conquered the Aztec Empire

• conquered the Inca Empire

• circumnavigated the world

• explored the Southwestern US

Prince Henry the Navigator

• expanded the Portuguese Empire to India

• claimed Brazil for Portugal

• established the first sailing school in Portugal

• captured the Spice Islands for Portugal

Henry Hudson explored

• the Caribbean for England

• the Indian Ocean for Portugal

• North America for the Dutch

• Canada for France

Juan Ponce de Leon

• brought Christianity to Hispaniola

• explored the American southwest

• claimed Portugal for Brazil

• claimed Florida for Spain

Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

• explored the southwest US for Spain

• conquered the Inca Empire for Spain

• circumnavigated the world for Spain

• claimed Hispaniola for Spain

Christopher Columbus discovered

• a group of islands off the coast of China

• a group of islands in the Caribbean for Spain

• Brazil for Portugal

• an east African port for Italy

Atahualpa's approach towards Pizarro was

• he attacked the Spanish explorer

• he prevented Pizarro from entering the Inca Empire

• he gave control of the Inca Empire to Pizarro

• He invited Pizarro to a meeting

The Columbian Exchange involved

• food, plants, people and microbes crossing the Atlantic

• Europeans intentionally bringing disease to Native Americans

• shared governance of the Americas by Europeans and native peoples

• trade that benefitted Europe, the Americas, and Africa equally