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CHP2 Age of Exploration

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  • ships with guns or cannons
    warships
  • 3 or 4 masted sailing ship ex. Santa Marie
    carrack
  • used to mass print text
    printing press
  • What Native group did Cortes conquer that had many riches? hint: lived in Mexico
    Aztec
  • person who makes a living buying & selling goods
    merchant
  • 1 negative & 1 positive of the Columbian Exchange
  • What was this period of time called?
    Age of Exploration
  • victories by invading armies
    conquests
  • measures positions of stars in the sky
    astrolabe
  • What Native group did Pizarro conquer that was high in the mountains?
    Incan
  • The trading of items, animals, culture, ideas & more between Europe & the Americas
    Columbian Exchange
  • many different people or things
    diverse
  • Where did Canada get its name?
    kanata
  • document that allowed someone to start a colony
    charter
  • Settled the area that is now Quebec City
    Champlain
  • on the back of a ship, to control or steer it
    steen rudder
  • Colony that failed twice.
    Roanoke
  • defense developed by the immune system
    resistance
  • Earliest settlement in what is now New York?
    New Netherlands
  • When a king or king would pay for a exploration
    sponser
  • The only hint left behind the lost colony of Roanoke?
    Croatoan
  • Type of trade France was focused on after they couldn't find gold or the Northwest Passage?
    fur trade
  • Trade route with Asia
    Silk Road
  • magnetic arrow that points north, tells direction
    compass
  • How long was John White gone?
    3 years
  • What happened to Henry Hudson?
    After being stuck in ice, crew overtook the ship and sent him & his son to sea in a rowboat.
  • What was the Northwest Passage?
    a route going Northwest to Asia instead of around Africa
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