Unit 7 Age of Exploration 23-24

A Mesoamerican civilization of Mexico who created a strong empire that flourished between the 14th and 15th century. The arrival of Hernando Cortez and the Spanish Conquistadores ended their empire.

• Mayan Empire
• Inca Empire
• Aztec

• Olmec Empire

Mexico and Central America

• Europe
• South America
• Mesomerica

• North America

The first Mesoamerican civilization. Between ca. 1200 and 400 B.C.E., the Olmec people of central Mexico created a vibrant civilization that included intensive agriculture, wide-ranging trade, ceremonial centers, and monumental construction.

• Inca
• Olmec
• Aztec
• Maya

A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include mathematics, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar. They flourished between the 4th and 12th centuries C.E..

• Aztec
• Mayan

• Inca
• Olmec

an empire in the Cuzco valley in Peru that lasted from about 1100 until the Spanish conquest of Pizarro in the early 1530s

• Inca Empire
• Mayan Empire
• Aztec Empire
• Roman Empire

Chinese admiral during the Ming Dynasty; he led great voyages that spread China's fame throughout Asia

• Deng Xiaoping
• Sun Yat-sen
• Mao Zedong
• Zheng He

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Marco Polo
• Captain James Cook

(1480?-1521) Portuguese-born navigator. Hired by Spain to sail to the Indies in 1519. Magellan was killed in the Philippines (1521). One of his ships returned to Spain (1522), thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.

• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

• Marco Polo
• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama

French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)

• Jacques Cartier
• Louis Jolliet
• Samuel de Champlain
• Pierre Radisson