Explorers
Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.
Christopher Columbus
What wast the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. In addition, some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
How did the invention of the printing press change the world?
List one product that was exported to the “Old World”.
Exported: goods that were taken from the New World for trade.
What is Corn, squash, potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes
What invention, from Portugal, aided sailors in the age of exploration?
What is...the caravell
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1519)
Ferdinand Magellan
What are some of the renaissance inventions and technologies that helped fuel the Age of Exploration?
Compass, astrolabe, printing press, new ships...
What were the three goals that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore? This was also known as the "3 G's"
What is .... 1. Glory (Fame and developing strong reputation) 2 Gold (trade routes to Asia and to become wealthy) 3. God (to spread Christianity)
List three products that were imported into the "New World".
Imported: Brought into the New World
What is... Live stock, Sugar Cane, Rice, Wheat, coffee, and the written alphabet.
During the Columbian Exchange, Corn came from where?
What is North America
The Hudson River, located in present day New York is named after what explorer?
Who is Henry Hudson
Which country started New York?
the Netherlands (the Dutch)
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
What is he thought he reached the East Indies (India area)
What was the biggest cause for the decline in Native American Populations?
Disease that was brought over from the European Explorers
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in....
What is 1492
Which Spanish explorer was responsible for the end of the Aztec Empire?
Hernan Cortes
A port city is located next to what?
What is WATER
Explain the Triangular Trade, one of the effects of the Columbian Exchange.
What is 1. Tobacco, sugar, grown products to Europe 2. Tea, manufactured goods, etc. made from raw materials from the New World. These goods were sent to the colonies of Africa and eventually the colonies of the "new world". 3. Slaves from Africa were sent to the "new world".
What 3 countries brought their written alphabet to the North America?
What is.... France, England, and Spain.
Portugal- spoken in Brazil
What religion did Spain want to spread?
Catholicism
Which explorer claimed the first land for England in the New World?
John Cabot
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
Slavery, spread of diseases to the New World.
Which country claimed much of the land that is present-day Canada?
France
Explain one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.
What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world.
This disease killed over 1 Billion people in just over 100 years.
What is.... Small pox