Tools
This navigation tool helped explorers know which direction they were traveling. It always points north and helped sailors stay on course during their long voyages across the ocean.
Compass
Italian explorer sailing under the Spanish flag; famous for his 1492 transatlantic voyage that initiated European exploration of the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Complete the cause...
Wanted access to __________ luxuries.
foreign
Name 2 problems faced on the ships
Diseases from poor conditions, wet and dirty, rats and roaches
What is the name of this trade route? Who was it between?
Triangular Trade Route; Colonies, Africa, Britain
This tool was used by explorers to see objects and landforms at a distance. It helped them spot land, ships, and other important features from far away.
Italian explorer and cartographer who explored South America and proposed that the discovered lands were a separate continent named "America" after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Complete the cause....
------------ funded exploration.
Monarchies
Name 2 problems faced with the weather/navigation.
Tools not always reliable, weather could change suddenly
Which goods traveled FROM the 13 colonies TO Britain?
lumber, furs, dried fish, whale oil, iron, gunpowder, rice, tobacco, indigo
This was a Portuguese ship that was lightweight and easy to steer. Its design made it perfect for long ocean voyages during the Age of Exploration.
Caravel
Led the first recorded European expedition to Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth
Juan Ponce De Leon
Complete the cause....
To find ________ routes that were _________ & _________.
trade routes, faster, easier
Name 2 positive effects
The Columbian exchange was the exchange of p_________, g________, c_________, and i_______.
people, goods, culture, ideas
This was used by explorers to find their location using the position of the sun and stars. Explorers would look through it and measure angles to determine where they were.
Astrolabe
Portuguese explorer who led the first circumnavigation of the Earth
Ferdinand Magellan
Complete the cause....
Developed ____________ allowed to travel farther and safer.
technology
Name 2 negative effects
Disease killed Natives, conflict/fighting, slavery
Who are they?
Old World - AfroEurasia
New Worls - Americas
This tool was used to identify a ship's location by measuring the angle between the horizon and another object in the sky (sun, star, planet)
Sextant
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Hernan Cortes
What is the biggest negative effect? Why?
Atlantic Slave Trade
What items traveled FROM the Americas TO Europe?