Early European Explorers

Renaissance means...

What skills did Europeans LACK in order to make the long journey on the water?

What started the Renaissance period?

Under feudalism during Medieval times in Europe, who was at the bottom of the social structure?

What did the Portuguese start using as a result of their exploration of Africa's coast? 

Italians in Venice had a special trading deal with Muslims.

Spain and Portugal wanted to find another way to get to the goods in Asia.

Who controlled the lands between Europe and Asia?

A mapmaker named America after the explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.

In Europe during Medieval times there was a feudal system with who at the top?

What did Columbus and his sailor give to the Taino "Indians" they met in the Bahamas?

For whom did Christopher Columbus want to find a shortcut to India?

Columbus never realized that he in fact hadn't landed in India or Asia.