| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Columbus's base (1st trading post) | Hispaniola |
| 2 countries Hispaniola now divided into | Haiti and Dominican Republic |
| Sailors fighting about when Columbus went to Spain to get supplies? | Indian women and gold |
| Length of voyage? | they thought 2,700 miles but actually 13,200 miles |
| If the world was small, would Columbus have met Grand Khan? | No |
| Where did Columbus think they were instead of Cathay | Garden of Eden |
| China | Cathay |
| Japan | Cipango |
| Runs N and S | Longitude |
| Runs E and W | Latitude |
| Agriculture | Crops |
| Date Columbus set sail on his first voyage | August 3, 1492 |
| Names of Columbus's ships | Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria |
| Said 'yes' to Columbus | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
| Hid in a flour barrel with a dog | Vasco Nanez de Balboa |
| Sent home in chains when Balboa took over | Enciso |
| Won't go any further | crew |
| Columbus's 2 boyhood dreams | Go to China and go to the sea |
| Columbus's favorite boyhood author | Marco Polo |
| How did Columbus know the world was round | Books |
| Columbus was not sure how ___ the world was | big |
| Two ways to calculate the size of the world | Measure Latitude and Longitude; Sail and measure the Time |
| 0 degrees longitude | Prime Meridian |
| 0 degrees latitude | Equator |
| What country did Columbus think he would bump into if he sailed on the same line of latitude | China |
| Who's maps did Columbus study | Ptolemy's |
| Mutiny | Revolt or revolution |
| Tierra | Spanish for 'land' |
| Tempest | Storm |
| How do we know what Columbus looked like | Paintings done of Columbus after he died, based on his sons' descriptions |
| What did Columbus look like | 6 feet tall with blond hair |
| How did Columbus act | As a gentleman with noble manners |
| How many people were on Columbus's crew (voyage 1) | 90 |
| What 3 supplies did Columbus bring with him (voyage 1) | Spices for food, a letter from King Ferdinand to the Grand Khan, and excitement |
| Grand Khan | Leader of China |
| Where did Columbus depart from (voyage 1) | Pales, Spain |
| How old was Columbus (voyage 1) | 41 |
| What day did the crew say they would go no further (voyage 1) | October 9, 1492 |
| Why did the crew say they would go no further (voyage 1) | They had been at sea for 2 months, they were discouraged, fearful and upset |
| What was the deal Columbus made for the crew to keep going (voyage 1) | 3 days, if no land they can cut off his head and sail home |
| Columbus's name of the land they discovered (voyage 1) | San Salvador (Holy Savior) |
| What 2 items did they plant at the land discovery (voyage 1) | A cross and a Spanish flag |
| Name of Indian tribe (voyage 1) | Taino |
| Island nearby Taino (vyoage 1) | Culba (Cuba) |
| Why did Columbus and Taino tribe clash (voyage 1) | Columbus took some Taino back to Europe as trophies; Taino were dying |
| Why were Taino dying (voyage 1) | Weapons, slavery, and disease |
| What covered Culba (voyage 1) | Gold and pearls |
| Columbus's title when returned home (voyage 1) | Lord Admiral of the Ocean Seas |
| Columbus's nickname for Japan | Cipango |
| San Salvador | Bahama Islands |
| Continent Columbus reaches | South America |
| Conquistadors | conquerors |
| marooned | stuck |
| stowaway | someone who hides on a ship |
| creditors | a person to whom you owe money |
| treason | going against your country |
| Where did Columbus get marooned on 4th voyage and for how long | Jamaica for 1 year |
| Zacuto's charts | lunar eclipse |
| How did Columbus get food from Indians (voyage 4) | By using the lunar eclipse to scare the Indians |
| Italian-born explorer for the English | John Cavat |
| Where did John Cavat land and when | Newfoundland in 1497 |
| John Cavat's accomplishment | Claimed all of North America for England |
| Explorer who searched for gold | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| Why was Vasco Nunez de Balboa an explorer | Running away from creditors |
| When did Vasco Nunez de Balboa take over command of ship | 1513 |
| What leader did Vasco Nunez de Balboa take over from | Enciso |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa accomplishments (1) | established 1st permanent European settlement in Americas |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa accomplishments (2) | Married Camaco's daughter, creating friendship with Indians |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa accomplishments (3) | First European to see Pacific Ocean from American continent |
| What was Balboa falsely accused of by Enciso | Treason |
| How did Balboa die | Killed by Pizarro, beheaded, and head put on a stake as a warning to others |
| Was Hispaniola successful as a Spanish settlement | No, men that were left behind fought over gold and women |
| How many ships did Columbus bring with him (voyage 2) | 17 |
| How many men did Columbus bring with him (voyage 2) | 1,200 |
| Was voyage 2 successful | No; no Cathay and little gold |
| Agricultural Revolution | An exchange of goods from Europe to America AND from America to Europe |
| What goods were exchanged from Old World to New World | Horses, cattle, sugarcane, and bananas |
| What goods were exchanged from New World to Old World | Corn, potatoes, chocolate, and pumpkin |
| Start of slave trade | Native Americans and African Americans |
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