A Global Exchange
Spanish and Portuguese Exploration
New Technology
Trade with Asia
The First English and French Explorers
100
The trading of goods around the world is called this.
What is the Global Exchange?
100
After Columbus's discovery, this European nation went on to build a vast empire in the Americas.
Who were the Spanish?
100
This device was used to determine direction of sailing.
What is the compass?
100
During the Middle Ages, Europeans bought goods from Asia through this overland trade route.
What is the Silk Road?
100
England decided to look for a northern route to Asia in 1497 and sent out English ships commanded by this man.
Who was John Cabot?
200
Sailors learned when to ride these and when to avoid these.
What are ocean currents?
200
This Portuguese prince is credited with beginning the Age of Exploration for his country though he himself never explored.
Who was Prince "Henry the Navigator"?
200
In the 1400's, this helped the ships move and glide with the wind better.
What are triangular sails?
200
These are types of goods traded along the Silk Road. (Name at least 3)
What are silk, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, etc.), gunpowder, paper, porcelain?
200
This English explorer sailed to and explored the St. Lawrence River.
Who was Jacques Cartier?
300
To travel all the way around the world is this term.
What is circumnavigate?
300
This Portuguese explorer discovered the southern tip of Africa.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
300
This was an ancient Greek device used to find latitude.
What is the astrolabe?
300
This Italian explorer excited Europeans in the late 1200s by traveling the Silk Road.
Who was Marco Polo?
300
This is the large body of water in northern Canada that English explorer Henry Hudson is credited with discovering.
What is the Hudson Bay?
400
Early Portuguese explorers obtained this valuable metal from African kingdoms.
What is gold?
400
This Portuguese explorer rounded the southern tip of Africa and found a water route to Asia.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
400
A new type of this made steering ships easier.
What is a rudder?
400
This empire forced the prices of goods to rise due to their imposed taxes.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
400
In 1524, France sent this explorer to find a northern route to Asia.
Who was Giovanni da Verrazano?
500
These were the four super-powers that emerged during the Age of Exploration.
What are Spain, Portugal, France & England?
500
Spanish nobles called this, traveled to America in hopes of claiming fame and fortune.
Who are conquistadors?
500
In the 1400's all new inventions came together in a ship called this.
What is the Caravel?
500
In order to get goods more cheaply and avoid the Ottomans' taxes, Europeans began looking for this type of three word method.
What was an "all-water route"?
500
This English explorer claimed Australia and New Zealand for Great Britain.
Who was Captain James Cook?
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