Vocabulary
Something that causes people to act.
Motive
New trade routes to Asia
What is a main motive for European Exploration
He started a navigation school, planned expeditions, and sent expeditions to the west coast of Africa
Who is Prince Henry
"America lies between Europe and Asia." is how
Europeans viewed the world AFTER the Age of Exploration
A territory that is under the political and economic control of another country
What is a cottage industry
Improved ship design was one of these
What is advancement in knowledge and technology
He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around Africa and across the Indian Ocean to reach Asia
Who is Vasco Da Gama
There was less interest in starting colonies in North America than in regions to the south because
What is because explorers did not discover gold in North America
Exploration and trade contributed to the growth of
What is capitalism
Advances in Cartography led to
What is better maps that made navigation easier.
Columbus sailed west because
He thought that eastern Asia lay on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean
European traders were interested getting this from Native Americans in North America
What is furs
An economic system based on the buying and selling decisions of individuals is called
What is a market economy
A negative effect of Portuguese colonization in Brazil
Native peoples died from European diseases.
Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés conquered
What is the Aztecs
How did exploration change how Europeans worked
What is People began working for hire.
According to mercantilism, what was the best way to increase a nation's power
What is increase the nation's wealth
Portuguese and Spanish exploration affect people in Africa
What is Africans were enslaved and brought to the Americas.