Age of Discovery

3. Vasco DeGama was the first Portuguese explorer to set up trading post in Africa and ____
4. city state and home of Marco Polo
6. a Spaniard who conquered the Aztecs of Mexico
8. type of ship used for ocean voyages during the Age of Discovery
10. the science of how a ship can tell its location when it is far out at sea
11. both North and South America was named after _____Vespucci

1. part of the reason for exploration for God, Glory and______
2. a Spaniard who led the first voyage around the world in 1519
5. Pizarro conquered this Empire in Peru
6. sailed for Spain in 1492 and landed in the land that is now called the Bahamas
7. sailed for England and explored the coastline of North America in 1497
9. the Age of Exploration began because Europeans wanted to find a new route to this land