Vocab
Define Age of Exploration
The 1400s and 1500s were times of big change in Europe. During these years, Europeans explored new parts of the world.
Explorers used tools like the ___________, used to show direction, and the _____________ used to measure location, during the Age of Exploration.
Compass
Astrolabe
Christianity
What are the 3 Gs? What do they represent/why are they significant?
Gold, Glory and God - They are significant because they are reasons why explorers participated in the Age of Exploration.
Who first sailed around the tip of Africa, looking for trade routes with Asia?
Bartolomeu Dias
The treaty of ___________ was an agreement between Spain and Portugal aimed at settling conflicts over newly discovered lands by dividing the non-European world between them.
Tordesillas
Christopher Columbus thought he sailed to India, however he was in the Americas. He came across many people who were native to the land. What are the people who are native to an area called?
Indigenous Peoples
Which sailor successfully made a sea route from Europe to India, which created a successful spice trade between Europe and Asia?
Vasco Da Gama
Which continent(s) has the pacific ocean to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east?
The Americas
Name the new ship and sails used in the Age of Exploration.
Ship - Caravel
Sails - Lateen
Christopher Columbus inspired what other nations to attempt to colonize and claim land in the New World?
Portugal, England, France, etc
Colonies
What is the job of a cartographer?
Someone who makes maps.
Name the man who did very little actual exploring, but helped pay for it, promoted new tools, and educated explorers.
Prince Henry of Portugal
Which continents were in the "Old World" and which were in the "New World"
Old - Europe, Asia, Africa
New - North and South America