Vocabulary
A person who travels in search of new places and information
Explorer
Name 3 foods explorers ate on the ships
salted meat, dried peas, dried fruit
Cause: Many countries heard about the new world and wanted to claim land there
Effect: Countries sent explorers to the new world to increase the amount of land they owned
What did the Natives and Europeans trade?
Beaver fur for guns and weapons
Countries wanted to claim more __________
A time during the 1400's to 1600's when many countries began exploring the earth
Age of Exploration
Name 3 explorers we learned about
Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Ponce de Leon, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, Hernando de Soto, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson
Cause: Christopher Columbus wanted to prove that sailing west would eventually bring him to Asia
Effect: He asked Spain to give him money and ships so that he could sail west toward Asia
Along waterways
One goal all Europeans had in common was to find a __________________ to Asia
quicker route
An illness caused by a lack of nutrients in the body
Scurvy
What are 4 skills needed to be an explorer?
read a map, understand the weather, write, read a compass
Cause: Asia had special spices that could only be grown in that part of the world
Effect: Europeans had to travel to Asia to get the spices they wanted
Why did some Native Americans have to fight their neighbors?
They needed more land to hunt more beavers to trade with the Europeans
Europeans wanted ________ only found in Asia
A tool used for locating north, south, east and west
Compass
What continent did the explorers sail from?
Europe
Cause: Native Americans were hunting beavers constantly in order to give Europeans the fur they wanted
Effect: Some areas began having less and less beavers
What are two positive affects of Europeans meeting the Native Americans?
Guns and weapons made hunting easier for Native Americans, Native Americans taught the Europeans about the new land, Europeans traded beaver fur for money
Why did Europeans want spices from Asia so badly?
They helped keep meat fresh for longer periods of time
The first group of people to live in an area
Natives
What countries were the explorers from?
France, Netherlands, Spain, England
Effect: Instead of landing in Asia, explorers landed in the new world
What were two negative affects of Europeans meeting the Native Americans
Some Natives were taken as slaves, Europeans brought diseases that killed many Natives
Explorers wanted to find _________, __________, and ___________
gold, silver, and precious stones