Causes and effects
Name one good that Europeans got by trading with Eastern Asia.
Spices, cotton, indigo...
This explorer landed in the Caribbean in 1492, believing he had reached Asia.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The country that Jacques Cartier sailed for.
What is France?
A technology that always points North.
The centuries in which the age of exploration took place.
What are the 15th through 17th centuries (1400s to 1600s)?
This is one of the major impacts of Portuguese exploration around Africa.
What is slavery?
This explorer, sailing for Spain, was the first to sail all the way around the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
The shape of a lateen sail
What is a triangle?
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World of Europe and the New World of the Americas was known as the _______.
What is The Columbian Exhange
Conquered the Aztec of central Mexico for Spain.
Hernan Cortes
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy
Name an advantage that lateen sails had over square sails.
Lateen sails could sail in any direction.
Nonexistent path through North America that early French and English explorers searched for.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This phrase summarizes the three primary motivations for European exploration.
Gold, God, and Glory
A Spanish explorer who searched for a golden city.
Who is Francisco Vazquez de Coronado?
The two countries that agreed to divide the earth in the Treaty of Tordesillas.
What are Spain and Portugal?
The main navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars.
What is an astrolabe?
Monarchs funded voyages to achieve wealth through this economic policy, which emphasized exporting more than importing.
What is mercantilism?
The ultimate goal of the earliest European explorers was to...
find a water route to Asia and the Spice Islands
Portuguese explorer who rounded Africa and discovered a sea route to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama
Name of the civilization conquered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
Who is the Inca?
Smaller, lighter ship that had triangular sails to sail against the wind.
What is a Caravel?
Name of the route used to transport slaves from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?