Causes
Why did people want to travel to Asia?
For spices, silk and jewels
What is colonisation?
Where a country takes over another country
I am an explorer for Spain who searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended up in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus
Why was Prince Henry of Portugal nicknamed the 'Navigator'
What countries led the explorations?
Spain and Portugal
What are conquistadors?
Spanish conquerors who defeated native empires in America
The treaty that drew a line on the globe from North to South
The Treaty of Tordesillas
What were the names of Columbus' ships?
Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria
What was the Great Silk Road?
All the overland routes to get to Asia
What is a caravel?
A new type of ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish explorers
We are the king and queen who funded Columbus' voyage
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
What did Columbus name the first island he found?
San Salvador
Give two causes for the age of exploration
New trade routes, empire expansion, spread of christianity etc
Name three features of a caravel
Caravel built, square sails, lateen sails, rudder
I was the first to sail to the bottom of Africa
Bartholomew Diaz
Name two impacts of colonisation on the people of the Americas
slavery, destruction of culture, spread of european diseases, destruction of empires
What is scurvy?
A disease that is caused by lack of vitamin C
Name two new navigation tools that were used
compass, astrolabe, quadrant
This explorer conquered the Inca empire
Pizarro
Name two impacts of colonisation Europe
Expansion of empires, diseases of new lands, new foods, more wealth
This country was able to set up the most colonies over in the New World
Spain
The travel of plants, animals, ideas and diseases between the Old World and New World
Columbian Exchange
This explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Cortes