My goal was to find an all water route to India. I was able to achieve my goal.
Vasco da Gama
100
What were the 3 important results of the Columbian Exchange.
plants, animals, ideas and diseases.
100
List 7 reasons why Europeans explored.
fame, wealth, national pride, better and safer trade routes, religion, curiosity, foreign goods
100
These 3 countries claimed most of the land in the Americas.
They are ______
Spain, England, and France
200
My crew and I set out to sail around the world. Most of my crew were successful, but I was killed along the way.
Ferdinand Magellan
200
Name a negative effect the Columbian Exchange had on the African people.
Many were sold into slavery.
200
What did Columbus call the area he reached on his voyages?
He called it the Indies.
200
This group of explorers from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden that sailed to North America over 1000 years ago before Columbus.
Who were the Vikings.
300
I am a French explorer who set out to find the Northwest Passage. I started a trading post in Quebec.
Samuel de Champlain
300
Name a negative effect the Columbian Exchange had on the Native Americans.
lost their land, diseases/illness, died fighting the Europeans and slavery
300
These caused many Native Americans to die after the Europeans came to the Americas.
Diseases and illnesses.
300
Several factors/things influenced European exploration to the Americas during the late 1400's and early 1500's.
Name 4.
1. better maps 2. interest in gaining new knowledge of new places 3. improvements in navigation (compass and astrolabe) 4.faster and easier to handle ships were available. 5. Europeans wanted to trade goods from Asia.
400
Many countries wanted to explore the New World after my four voyages. I wanted to spread Christianity and find a faster route to the Indies. Who am I?
Christopher Columbus
400
The Columbian Exchange was ___________
the exchange of plants, animals, diseases and ideas between the "New World" and the "Old World."
400
What country supported Columbus on his trips to North America?
Spain.
400
Which continents made up the "Old World"?
Europe, Asia and Africa
500
I am Englishman who explored the eastern coast of North America. I explored a river in the state of New York and a bay in Canada?
Henry Hudson
500
Columbus' explorations led to the meeting of following three groups. This is known when the Three Worlds met.