Causes of the Age of Exploration
This phrase summarizes the three primary motivations for European exploration.
Gold, God, and Glory
Conquered the Aztec of in central Mexico for Spain.
Hernan Cortes
This explorer, sailing for Spain, completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This Italian explorer sailing for England reached parts of North America in 1497 and helped England claim land in the New World.
Who is John Cabot.
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?
By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe
These Spanish soldiers and explorers conquered lands in the Americas during the 1500s.
What are conquistadors?
This is one of the major impacts of Portuguese exploration around Africa.
What is Europeans begin purchasing slaves from Africa
Nonexistent path through North America that early French and English explorers searched for.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Smaller, lighter ship that had triangular sails to sail against the wind.
What is a Caravel?
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
Among the most famous of all explorers, known for his feat of circumnavigating the globe in the 16th century, although he died before it was complete.
Ferdinand Magellan
This explorer landed in the Caribbean in 1492, believing he had reached Asia.
Christopher Columbus?
Name of the route used to transport slaves from Africa to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This system of trade connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Age of Exploration.
What is the Triangular Trade?
What was the main navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars?
Astrolabe
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 Exchange
Name of the civilization conquered by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
Who is the Inca?
This line created by the 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal divided newly discovered lands between the two countries.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas line?
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
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the route to India.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
This river in North America was explored by Jacques Cartier during his voyages for France.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
1st European to reach North America.
Who is Leif Eriksson