Likely the first Europeans to land in North America

Group of people from Scandinavia that explored and settled new lands

Settlement that Ericsson founded in 1001

Europeans did not take an interest in sea exploration again until the

People who buy and sell goods

True or False-Theives sometimes attacked the traders

T or F: SOme European rulers wanted to find a sea route to Asia to obtain it's riches

True or False: traveling by sea from Europe to Asia is slower than land routes

The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

Invention from North Africa that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon.

T or F: Navigation tools did not help Europeans improve maps

The use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that improve lives

A new kind of sailing ship Portuguese shipbuilders invented

Let the search to find a sea route to asia

Nickname for the son of Portugal's king who started a school to teach navigation and mapmaking

Stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold

Portuguese sailors searched for a route to Asia around the southern tip of

Slave traders bought and sold humans as property

This explorer wanted to find a new route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to what?

gives finanacial support to another person or cause

Columbus sailed from Spain with....

Why did Ferdinand and Isabella pay for columbus's voyage?

True or False: when they reached land, columbus believed they had reached asia.

What did Columbus call the islands where he landed?

True or False: Columbus made 10 more trips to Americas

People that lived in the West Indies called themselves:

This was the first European town in North America

Conquistadors

In the early 1500s, a group of Spanish soldiers arrived called:

Expedition

This dude led the expedition to mexico in 1519

A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader

True or False: in 1521, the Spaniards defeated teh Aztecs, ending their empire

AN expert navigator that commanded 5 ships and hoped to reach Asia by sailing west

What did Cortez want to do?

How long did Magellan sail before he spotted land

Circumnavigate

Who was the first to sail around the world

True or False: Spanish conquistadors did not explore any other parts of North America searching for riches

Ponce De Leon

First European to visit florida

in 1539, this spaniard sailed to florida with 10 ships and 700 men, but sotle food and other valuable items from Native americans

This Spanish explorer wanted to search for treasure in America when he heard rumors of a rich kingdom to the north called Cibola (a mythical land filled with gold, silver, and jewels

True or False: coronado found lots of treasures

True or False: Coronado claimed land for Spain

a settlement or area far from the country that rules it

Which one isn't a reason settlers came to the New Spain

How did native people die durint the takeover of New Spain?