Explorers 1
Name one of the exchanges from old world to new world
horse; smal pox; rice
Why did explorers explore? Give one reason.
Money, claiming lands, converting people to their religion, fame,
What is a magnetic compass used for?
Direction
What language do Brazilians speak and why?
Portuguese, colonazation by Portugal.
Why was there a lot of sea travel after 1487?
Technology had improved enough by this time to make it easier.
How is a colony different from an empire?
A colony is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it.
Did Columbus give positive or negative treatment to the American Indians?
Negative as he took many of them by force.
why did the boats sail close to shore?
To get supplies and avoid danger
What was another big negative effect on Native Americans from the Columbian Exchange?
Disease
Which explorer's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was a negative effect on the want of sugar from Europeans during the Columbian Exchange?
Sugar required people to grow it and this led to plantations and forced labor.
What advancments led to exploing
Better ships
Better weapons
Better maps
Who wrote the book on the columbian exhange
Alfred Crosby
What is a caravel? Why would it have been good for long expeditions across the sea?
A caravel is a small and fast ship; it has room to store supplies and it has different shapes sails to use the wind better
Where was Christopher Columbus' route?
From Europe to the West Indies
Where was Bartolomeu Dias route?
From Europe around the southern tip of Africa
Who was the first person to sail to Africa
Name two goods that were traded from Europe to Americas
Wheat and horses
Corn and potatoes
Why did Columbus call the islands he landed on "the Indies"?
Columbus believed that by sailing west from Spain, he would land in the Indies where he wanted the riches. The first time he hit land he assumed that he arrived even though he was far from where he had wanted to go.
What popular game is named after an italian explorer
Marco Polo
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The trade of goods and ideas between Europeans, Africans, and American Indians.
Name one famous Chinese explorer
Zheng He
Put the explorers in order from earliest exedition to the most recent:
Columbus, Coronado, Dias, Cortest
1. Dias
2. Columbus
3. Cortes
4. Coronado
Name a famous English explore
Sir Francis Drake