Vocabulary
A tool that helped explorers know what direction to travel is called a _________.
Compass
Christopher Columbus explored looking for a new route to Asia.
Europeans wanted a quicker and safer route to Asia SO
They sent explorers on the sea to look for a new route.
Christopher Columbus
Which country is not involved in the Age of Exploration:
A. Europe
B. France
C. Netherlands
D. Italy
A. Europe (it's not a country!)
People who went out to look for waterways and new land can be called _______.
explorers
The beaver population dwindled because _______
Natives began hunting them to trade with Europeans.
Europeans wanted spices, gold, silver, and other precious stones from Asia SO
They sent explorers into the unknown to look for a way to get to Asia.
This explorer failed at his first 2 attempts to sail over the top of Europe due to ice:
A. Christopher Columbus
B. John Cabot
C. Henry Hudson
C. Henry Hudson
The continent driving the Age of Exploration and quest for new land, gold, and power is:
A. Asia
B. Europe
B. Europe
What is scurvy and how/why does it happen?
An illness from lack of nutrient rich foods
Juan Ponce De Leon went exploring because....
He was trying to find the Fountain of Youth.
Natives and Europeans trade/share foods, clothing, ideas etc. SO
diversity (new foods, clothing, ideas etc.) spreads to Europe.
This explorer kidnapped 2 native children (sadly)...
A. Jacques Cartier
B. Henry Hudson
C. Vasco Nunez De Balboa
A. Jacques Cartier
Europeans traded guns and weapons to get what resource?
Beaver Fur
The first people to live in the Americas.
Native tribes started fighting with each other because
they were competing with each other over land to hunt beavers on.
Natives receive weapons from European trade so
It is easier to hunt for beavers.
This explorer is the conquistador who was the first to see the Pacific Ocean:
A. Ponce De Leon
B. Vasco Nunez Balboa
C. Henry Hudson
B. Vasco Nunez Balboa
T or F: The Europeans were looking for a new continent, which caused the Age of Exploration.
False, they were looking for a route to Asia and accidentally found a new continent.
A special object used to study people or objects from a former time period is called an __________.
Artifact
Trade posts were established because....
Explorers discovered rivers that lead them inland.
Rivers are discovered further inland from oceans SO
Europeans set up trade posts to trade more things to more people.
This explorer found the Mississippi River:
A. John Cabot
B. Ponce De Leon
C. Henrando de Soto
C. Hernando de Soto
What is the Beringia Land Bridge and why did we study it?