The science of determining a ships location and direction of travel

Forced to work for no pay in without the freedom to leave

A person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs

A person, group or nation that unites with another in order to do something

A map that was created by someone in the past to show where people lived and how they saw the world

A map that was created and used after the time period It shows is called a

What is the name of the trade route that the Chinese traders brought goods to sell to the European merchants?

When the Mongolian empire fell, the Silk Road became dangerous for merchants and the goods became more expensive. Europeans tried to find other ways to get to Asia.

A tool from the 1100s that helped to measure the height of the stars in the sky

A tool that was used to show the direction of travel either north or south

A tool that helped Sailors to find their exact longitude is

Tools were helpful to sailors because they could meet maps which would help them get to Asia

In the 1400s the Portuguese developed the caravel ship which had sails to make it faster and it had more room for cargo.

Christopher Columbus thought sailing west would save time he left Spain and sailed west and instead of landing in Asia he landed in what continent

Christopher Columbus started to trade the Indians for food and plants and animals and this transfer got people sick

Hernán Cortés was the Spanish explorer that took Montezuma the Aztec ruler hostage in exchange for gold.

Montezuma the Aztec ruler welcomed the Spanish explorers. They had never seen horses or guns or white skin people.

The Aztecs empire was in

The Inca empire was on the Pacific Ocean in

Juan Ponce de Leon was looking for silver and gold. What did he name the place he found?

John Cabot was the first explorer from England to search for the northwest passage which is a Water way from the east coast of North America to the west

Henry Hudson got stuck in ice during the winter in his ship. When he was finally able to leave in a different boat he was lost and never seen again

The French explorers in “New France” became allies with the Native Americans so they could trade fur, guns and other goods.

The French missionaries wanted the Native Americans to practice what religion

The city was the center of trade in new Netherland

Who did the Spaniards and slave on their own land?

This man encouraged explorers from Portugal to sale south around Africa