Causes of the Age of Exploration
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)
The cruel, unfair, treatment of individuals while offering no pay is _______.
Enslavement
this is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
This was where the Aztec Empire's Capital Tenotchtitlan was located
Mexico
This is someone who goes around from place to place trying to get people to accept their religious beliefs
Missionary
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
What was the result of shipbuilding technology of the Portuguese in the 1400's. (hint: what was the name of the new kind of ships that was was created?)
A. Caravel
B. Rudder
C. Sailboat
Caravel
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus?
This is the group of people who, for the most part, lived alongside the Native Americans.
French Settlers
This is a person, group, or nation that unites with another in order to do something
Ally
This individual started a school for navigation and sponsored 50 voyages although he never explored himself.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the AOE?
Most died due to foreign diseases.
This individual found Quebec and made fur trading possible
A. Jacques Cartier
B. Samuel Champlain
C. Christopher Columbus
Samuel Champlain
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
Name three examples of technology used to increase sea exploration in the 1400's.
astrolabe, magnetic compass, maps, and caravels, setxant
What was the main navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars?.
A. astrolabe
B. Compass
C. Map
What did the citizens of Europe do after all of these explorers landed in the "New World"?
They immigrated
What type of trade did Christopher Columbus spark that included the trade of ideas, animals, people, and diseases?
The Columbian Exhange
France conquered the majority of this country
Canada
This is someone who buys, sells, and trades to make a living
Merchant
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.
What animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses!
This explorer was looking for a fountain of youth and sailed for Spain, but he found North America and named this area " La Florida" instead!
A. Juan Ponce de Leon
B. Samuel Champlain
C. Jacques Cartier
Juan Ponce de Leon
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"
Atlantic Ocean
For the most part, did the explorers of the age of exploration actually find what they were searching for?
NO!!