Columbian Exchange
What continents make up the old world? new world?
hint: 3 for old world, 1 for new world
Old: Africa, Europe, Asia
New: The Americas
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
Led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.
Francisco Pizarro
Early spanish explorers were known as...
Conquistadors
These lines run in an east-west direction.
Latitude
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, disease, people from the Old World to the New World and vice versa.
A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel across the world (1480-1521)
Ferdinand Magellan
Sailed for Spain and conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
European countries competed for wealth and to spread...
Christianity
Shows the boundaries of countries, states, and counties.
Political Map
Name the European disease that devastated native americans population.
Smallpox
Explored Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Name of first permanent European settlement in U.S.
St Augustine
Name the 3 G's that lead to the age of exploration.
Glory, Gold, and God
Name the ocean that borders north america to the east.
Atlantic Ocean
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
He thought he reached the East Indies.
Established a school for navigation and helped advance exploration.
Henry the Navigator
Name the three types of settlements.
Pueblo, Mission, Presidio
Define Circumnavigate.
Sail around the world.
Name the five oceans in the world.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Artic, Southern
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
Slavery and spread of diseases.
Known for exploring Canada and the St. Lawrence River.
Jacques Cartier
Name the two main crops spanish settlers exported to Spain.
Sugarcane and Tobacco
What navigational tool helped sailors know where north is.
Compass
Name the seven continents of the world.
north america, south america, europe, asia, africa, australia, antarctica