General Ideas
What time period did the Age of Exploration begin?
The late 1400's
tool used to find your position using the sun and stars
Astrolabe
Explorer came from spain and had 3 ships called
- Niña
- Pinta
- Santa Maria
Christopher Columbus
Searching for the "Fountain of Youth"
Juan Ponce De Leon
Which foods came from the Americas?
potatoes, squash, beans, tomatoes, pineapples
What country were European Explorers trying to travel to?
Asia
Show your directions using magnetic field
Compass
Searched for the 7 cities of gold
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado
Hernan Cortes
Why did they wants a short route to the East Indies?
silks & spices
To study the past, an archeologist specializes in learning from?
artifcats
Drawings of land and water around the world
Map
Named the region "Louisiana" after King Louis XIV
Robert De La Salle
explored the Hudson Bay in Canada
Henry Hudson
what is a colony?
community ruled by another country
Why did colonizers plant flags?
To claim land for their country (King/Queen)
If an explorer knew what direction was north, he
a. could create a map
b. could find the other cardinal directions (S,E,W)
c. could find how fast his ship moves
d. would know how far away he is from land
B. could find the other cardinal direcions
(South, East, West)
Looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia
Jaques Cartier
Original name was Giovanni Caboto
John Cabot
What was American Indians receive from Europeans?
horses & diseases
Why was gold important?
increased/measured wealth in gold & silver.
Used to claim land for a country
Flags
Why did Europeans get sick from the diseases?
they were exposed to them and they spread quickly