Famous Explorers
This explorer reached the Americas in 1492.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This tool helped sailors know direction by always pointing north.
What is the compass?
What was the Columbian Exchange?
What is the exchange of plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and New World?
What is mercantilism?
What is a system where governments control economic activity and trade?
What were three reasons Europeans explored in the 1400s?
What are gold, glory, and God?
This Portuguese leader encouraged exploration by sponsoring voyages and building a navigation school.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
This tool helped sailors measure the stars to determine location at sea.
What is the astrolabe?
Name one animal Europeans brought to the Americas.
What is horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, or chickens?
What was the triangular trade?
What is the trade network among Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Which priest protested the mistreatment of Native Americans?
Who was Bartolomé de las Casas?
This explorer found a sea route to Asia by sailing around Africa.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
This navigation tool helped sailors calculate latitude more accurately.
What is the sextant?
Name one crop that traveled from the Americas to Europe during the Columbian Exchange.
What is maize, peanuts, or pineapples?
In a capitalist economy, who decides how much products cost?
Who are private business owners?
Who held the highest social status in colonial society?
Who were European colonists?
This explorer completed the first expedition to sail around the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
Before navigation tools improved, why did sailors stay close to the coast?
What is they could get lost if they could not see land?
This deadly European disease killed millions of Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
What is a cottage industry?
What is a system where families make goods in their homes?
Name one positive effect of exploration.
What is new trade routes, new foods, or improved technology?
Which explorer sailed for England and explored the coast of Canada?
Who was John Cabot?
What field improved mapmaking and changed Europe’s understanding of the world?
What is cartography?
How did horses improve life for many Native Americans?
What is they helped with travel, transportation, hunting, and farming?
Europe’s economic power shifted away from Spain and Portugal toward this country and the Netherlands.
What is England?
Name one negative effect of exploration.
What is slavery, disease, or mistreatment of Native Americans?