Age of Exploration Vocabulary #2

What is an astrolabe?

• A tool used by sailors to measure the positions of stars and sun

• A big group of lands ruled by one leader

• A small, fast ship used by explorers

• The art of making maps

Who was Atahualpa?

• An Italian explorer

• A Spanish conquistador

• One of the last Inca emperors

• A Portuguese explorer

What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?

• Taking control of a place by force

• The study of stars, planets, and space

• Fame and honor for doing something important

• Forced transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas

What is a caravel?

• A small, fast ship used by explorers

• The reason why something happens

• A tool used by sailors to measure the positions of stars and sun

• An old object made or changed by people

Who was Christopher Columbus?

• An Italian explorer who explored the Americas for Spain

• A Spanish or Portuguese soldier and explorer

• A traveler from Morocco who explored many countries

• A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition

What is a colony?

• When people move to a new place and start a settlement

• The edge of explored land between unexplored land

• A tool that shows which way is north

• An area taken over by outsiders

Who was Ferdinand Magellan?

• An Italian explorer who explored the Americas for Spain

• Spanish conquistador who contributed to the conquest of the Inca Empire

• Portuguese explorer who achieved the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific

• A traveler from Morocco who explored many countries

What is an empire?

• A big group of lands ruled by one leader or group

• The art of making maps

• A tool that shows which way is north

• The reason why something happens

What does it mean to explore?

• To travel and learn about new places

• Taking control of a place by force

• Forced transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas

• A small, fast ship used by explorers

Who was Hernán Cortés?

• Portuguese explorer who achieved the first European navigation to Asia via the Pacific

• A traveler from Morocco who explored many countries

• One of the last Inca emperors

• Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire