Vocabulary
Nickname for the big country that is making colonies
Mother Country
"Discovered" the Americas for Europe
Colombus
What was the Colombian Exchange?
Exchange of new stuff between the Old and New World
First major monarch in Western Europe after the Fall of Rome
Charlemagne
This process allows green plants to convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen.
Photosynthesis
Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Conquistador
Portuguese prince that started the Age of Exploration
Henry
What was the Middle Passage
Part of the triangular trade where slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas
Who painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
This South American country is the only one on the continent whose official language is Portuguese.
Brazil
Something that you make and sell to another country
Export
First to sail around the world (he kind of died though)
Magellan
What disease killed most of the Native Americans
Smallpox
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
This is the term for a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another word like itself (often ending in "-ly").
Adverb
Economic system from the Age of Exploration. Money = Power
Mercantilism
First to sail around the southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
What three continents were involved in the Colombian Exchange?
Americas, Africa, Europe
Term for someone that financially supports the work of artists
Patron
Three consecutive strikes in the game of bowling are known by this term.
Turkey
Treaty that divided possible colonization land between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
First Englishman to set foot in North America
John Cabot
What was the price revolution?
Period of massive inflation during the Age of Exploration
Who created the printing press?
In the movie Moana, this demigod (voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) uses a giant fishhook to shapeshift.
Maui