Vocabulary
Motives for Exploration
Technology
New Products
100
The people who sailed small ships across large oceans that few had crossed before are known as...
Who are "Explorers"
100
Gold was a motive for Exploration...
Why is because it brought wealth to countries (made them richer).
100
This technology helped showered where winds blew and ocean currents flowed.
What is a "Map"
100
Spanish explorers brought back this food from Central American Indians.
What are "Tomatoes"
200
This is what the Europeans called where they sailed to
What is the "New World"
200
Flags are symbols that represent motives for Exploration
Why is they wanted to claim more land for the country whose flag they sailed under.
200
This technology helped explorers show which direction they were headed in fog and darkness.
What is a "Compass"
200
This product, originally thought a medicine, was considered a major "cash crop".
What is "Tobacco"
300
The 1500s were known as this time period where people set off to search lands unknown to them.
What is the "Age of Exploration"
300
The bible is described as a motive for Exploration
Why is the Europeans wanted to spread Christianity in the new world.
300
This technology allowed explorers to know how far north or south they were from the equator.
What is an "Astrolabe"
300
This is a food Indians were growing all over for roasting, boiling, POPPING, and grinding into flour.
What is "Corn"
400
These people often look for sunken ships in order to understand history.
Who are "Archeologists"
400
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Explain using the term "perspective" why spreading Christianity was a motive
400
This current technology uses sound to locate sunken ships.
What is "Sonar"
400
This fruit, also native to the Americas, looked like a giant pine cone. They called it "pina de Indias."
What are "Pineapples"
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