Causes of the Age of Exploration
A historical period between the 1400's and 1600's when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners?
The Age of Exploration
Marked the beginning of European exploration of the New World.
Christopher Columbus
Term for the exchange of goods, plants, and animals between the Old World and New World.
Columbian Exchange
Navigational tool used to check the direction of true north.
Nicknamed “the scourge of the seas”. A disease caused by a lack of vitamin C.
Scurvy
What were the three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration?
To find gold and riches, explore and claim new lands, and to spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
Searched for the Fountain of Youth. He was unsuccessful, but ended up in Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
The Atlantic (Transatlantic) Slave Trade
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"?
The Atlantic Ocean
This is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier?
Conquistador
Name three examples of technology used to increase sea exploration in the 1400's.
Caravel ship, astrolabe, compass, lateen sails, more accurate maps
The first to sail around the world!
Ferdinand Magellan
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the Age of Exploration?
Most died due to foreign diseases/ small pox.
Triangular shaped, allowed explorers to sail in any direction.
Lateen sails
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
Who were the five major countries involved?
Portugal, Spain, France, England, and Holland (the Netherlands)
He set out to colonized New Spain (present day Mexico). He is known for conquering the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortes
What animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses! Pigs! Cows! Chickens!
Navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars?
Astrolabe
Colony
New World vs. Old Word - name the countries/continents that belong to each.
New World - The Americas (North and South)
Old World - Europe, Africa, Asia
He wanted to find the golden cities of Cibola, but ended up exploring the southwestern United States.
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
The process of settling an area away from the place of origin. Usually involves establishing control over the native people living there.
Colonization
A small, fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers, easy to maneuver.
Caravel
For the most part, did the explorers of the age of exploration actually find what they were searching for?
NO!!