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 _______.
What is slavery?
this is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
Location where Christopher Columbus actually landed.
Where is the Bahamas?
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
New type of ship that had triangular sails which allowed it to sail against the wind.
What is a Caravel?
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus?
Part of North America that Hernan Cortes conquered.
Where is Mexico?
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 funded exploration in his country.
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.
America is named after this Italian explorer.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Where are the Vikings from?
Where is Scandinavia?
Name three examples of technology used to increase sea exploration in the 1400's.
astrolabe, magnetic compass, maps, and caravels, setxant
What is the Astrolabe?
What did the Europeans bring with them to the "New World" as a result of the Columbian Exchange that will do a lot of harm to Native American communities?
What is diseases?
What type of trade did Christopher Columbus spark that included the trade of ideas, animals, people, and diseases?
The Columbian Exhange
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
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, primarily used for transportation, was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
Horses!
Portuguese explorer who discovered the southern tip of Africa, named it the "Cape of Good Hope".
Who is Bartolomeau Dias?
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!!