Spain and Age of Exploration

Spanish Conquerors of the New World in the 16th century were called what?

• Warriors

• Conquistadors

• Esquire

What is a strait?

• a large waterfall

• a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides

• a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water

A system that gave Spanish soldiers or colonists both the land and the Natives living on the land.

• Serfdom

• Encomiendas

• Feudal system

Treaty of Tordesillas

• A 1494 agreement between France and Spain.

  that gave France the lands to the west and Spain the lands to the East of an imaginary line.

• A 1494 agreement between England and Portugal that gave England the lands to the West and Portugal the lands to the East of an imaginary line

• A 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal that gave Spain the lands to the West and Portugal the lands to the East of an imaginary line.

This created a population boom in Europe

• Natives and Spanish were getting married

• corn and potatoes were introduced in Europe

• The introduction of Catholicism

• cattle and sheep were introduced to Europe

His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Vasco da Gama
• Marco Polo

Spanish explorer who led the conquest of Inca Empire of peru?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Vasco da Gama
• Hernán Cortés
• Christopher Columbus

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico?

• Francisco Pizarro
• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernán Cortés

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China?

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Vasco da Gama

What was the Astrolabe?

• An ancient astronomical instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial bodies and determine their positions.
• A tool used for navigation on ships.
• A type of musical instrument used in ancient civilizations.
• A device used to measure the distance between two points on a map.