Causes of the Age of Exploration
These individuals sponsored European exploration voyages.
Who are Kings and Queens?
Goods that are bought from another country.
What are Imports?
This explorer set sail for Canada and has a lake named after him.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Smallpox, measles, malaria, and influenza came from this place.
What is the Old World?
This resource was plentiful in the Americas which is why many European countries wanted to create colonies there.
What are trees/lumber?
Goods that are sold to another country.
What are exports?
This belief let European countries claim land they “discovered.”
What is the "Doctrine of Discovery"?
This colony was started my Lord Selkirk.
What is the Red River Colony?
This explorer was known for his conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Who is Hernando Cortez?
This place was home to the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples.
What is Nootka Sound?
What were the three major motives of the Age of Exploration?
What is Gold, God, and Glory?
Another word for "depletion" when talking about hunting beavers and the fur trade.
What is extinction?
This type of trade system helped European countries grow rich from colonies.
What is mercantilism?
The number of beaver pelts needed to trade for a pistol.
What are four beaver pelts?
This explorer is known for conquering the Inca Empire in South America.
Who is Francisco Pizzaro?
What are Quebec and Montreal?
Explorers brought these creatures to North America and many went wild.
What are pigs?