Age of Exploration

A small, speedy, and super-maneuverable sailing ship from the 1400s and 1500s, used by explorers like Columbus

Which early America empire used the Quipu system of knotted cords for recording?

Portuguese explorer. In 1497/ 98 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India (Calicut), opening an important commercial sea route.

What were the three main G's for the Age of Exploration explorers?

In 1488, he was the first European to attempt to go around the southern tip of Africa.

Supreme rulers of the Inca empire, descendants of the Sun god Inti

Italian explorer who "discovered" the New World (for Spain) while looking for a route to Asia.

Mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

True or false: There was NO/ MINIMAL international trade before the Age of Exploration

First sophisticated Mesoamerican civilization

The ancient capital of the Aztec empire

A navigating tool that was used to measure the position of stars and other things in the sky

True/ False: The Aztec and Inca existed at the same time as the European Renaissance

Where did the Aztecs inhabit?

What was the initial spark for the Age of Exploration?

Portuguese prince (1394-1460) who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.

Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world. He didn't make it to the end, but a part of his crew did

Which early American empire created massive stone heads?

Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

Who was the Aztec legendary feathered-serpent creator god?

True or false: Mesoamerican societies were highly complex before the Spanish explorers

Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.

Viking explorer who reached North America around 1000