Age of Exploration Causes
First country to start the exploration
What is Portugal?
Europeans brought back...... from India
Spices
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"
Who is 'Christopher Columbus'?
The Age of exploration started on this continent
Europe
Longships
This was a navigational tool used by sailors to determine their latitude at sea by measuring the angle between the horizon and the North Star or the sun.
What is an Astrolabe?
Percentage (within 10 percent) of Native Americans that died without a single shot being fired, and how?
up to 90%, because of disease
Were horses from the New World or Old World?
Old World
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"
Atlantic Ocean
Major cause of Age of Exploration
What is to find a trade Route to Asia/India?
This was named after Spanish explorer, and is the exchange plants, animals, culture, people, technology, DISEASES, and ideas between the new world, and the Old World .
What is the Colombian exchange?
Before the Age of Exploration, there were a series of wars. What were these wars known as?
The Crusades.
This country was able to set up the most colonies over in the New World
What is 'Spain'?
What does the word Viking mean?
pirate
This group was technically the first to arrive in North America, even before Columbus
The Vikings.
A series of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia
Silk Road
After the last Crusades, there was a time period of creativity and new ideas. What was this time period known as?
The Renaissance.
How many ships set sail with Christopher Columbus?
Three
What new type of ship did the explorers use to travel far distances?
Caravel
The three motivations reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration
To find gold, explore (find new trade routes) and spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
Sailing around the world...
What is 'circumnavigate'?
Christopher Columbus enslaved the Natives. Where did he make them work?
In the gold mines.
Christopher Columbus first landed here
Where is Hispaniola( present day Haiti and Dominica Republic?
Instrument used by sailors to measure position of stars and figure out their latitude.
What is the astrolabe
The trade routes between Africa, Europe and the Americas during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Triangular Trade
Define famine
shortage of food that leads to starvation.
Define legacy.
An event or action in a person's life that leaves a lasting impact.
What were the names of the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed with?
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What were the Viking longboats decorated with in the front and why?
dragons to keep away evil spirits
Who were the Spanish King and Queen that funded a voyage to the New World ?
What is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Name given to a person who actually draws or produces maps
Who is a 'cartographer'?
Aztecs location
Mexico
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail?
1492
Who was the navigator known for founding a school that taught explorers how to sail.
Prince Henry the Navigator