Columbian Exchange
The exchange of diseases, ideas, food, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The year Christopher Columbus first arrived in the Americas
What is 1492?
The explorer who first "discovered" the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Navigational tool that shows the direction of magnetic north, helping sailors find their way at sea
What is a compass?
The animal that was mainly hunted in the Great Plains
What is buffalo/bison?
Negative of the Columbian Exchange for indigenous people
What are diseases?
What is Spain?
This explorer has a river and the bay where his crew mutinied during an expedition named after him
Who is Henry Hudson?
Instrument used by navigators to measure the altitude of stars and planets, which helps determine latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
The names of the "three sisters"
What are corn, beans and squash?
Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cacoa Bean are from this place
What is the New World?
The city Columbus was born
What is Genoa?
Viking explorer who first arrived in North America in 1000 C.E.
Who is Leif Erickson?
Small, fast ship that was used by explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries for long sea voyages.
What is a caravel?
The group of people that lived in upstate New York prior to European settlement
What are the Iroquois?
Cows, Horses and Pigs are from this place
What is the Old World?
The number of voyages Columbus made to the New World
What is four?
French explorer who discovered a lake which is now named after him. Also explored much of modern day New England and Canada
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Map projection that was originally created to display accurate compass bearings for sea travel.
What is the Mercator projection?
The name of the theory for how humans settled in North America
What is the Land Bridge Theory?
This disease killed millions of Native Americasn
What is smallpox?
The goal of Columbus' first voyage
What is a trade route to India?
Italian merchant whose name was modified to give the current name to the New World.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The science or practice of drawing maps.
What is Cartography?
The reason all Native American tribes created unique cultures
What is geography?