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One of the first explorers to make an impact. He sailed from Italy to China and wrote a book that inspired many people.
Who was Marco Polo?
Riches, glory (being famous), power (more land), and discovering new people. (What do these have in common?)
What were the 4 reasons for exploration?
This explorer founded a school of navigation and helped invent things that made exploration easier.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
This explorer sailed to Mexico and overthrew the Aztec Empire.
Who was Hernan Cortes?
This explorer encountered the native people who he thought were Indians but were actually the Taino
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This was a travel route on land that linked China with the West (Europe). Many things were traded including silk, spices, and unfortunately, disease.
What was the Silk Road?
This explorer sailed around the southern tip of Africa and was the first explorer to do so
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
This explorer opened up the Americas to European colonization when he thought he had reached India
Who was Christopher Columbus?
The trade route that saw the trade of goods like food and animals between Europe and the Americas
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This explorer sailed to Peru and overthrew the Incas.
Who was Francisco Piazzaro?
Disease, no water, high priced goods, sandstorms (different types of weather)
(What do these reasons connect to?)
What were the dangers of the Silk Road (traveling through land)?
This explorer was looking for the northwest passage, and he wanted to reach Asia even faster than Columbus, and he ended up claiming Canada for the British
Who was John Cabot?
This explorer came to the realization that the land that other explorers ‘’discovered’’ was not India, but a separate continent. He is also the reason why the continent is called ‘’America.’’
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
This explorer was the first European to sail around the world
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This was a shortcut that helped explorers sail around the world more quickly.
What was the northwest passage?
This explorer was from Portugal and was thought of as a villain throughout India, because of the way he treated the natives
Who was Vasco de Gama?
This caused diseases to spread and kill the native people, and also led to the introduction of new goods and animals
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This term describes what the European settlements in the New World were called
What are European colonies?
This was the most dangerous part of the slave trade, where many slaves died as they crossed the ocean.
What was the Middle Passage?
This was the trade that took people from Africa and brought them to the Americas as slaves.
What was the Triangular Trade?
This term refers to getting rid of slavery.
What is abolition?
What is an auction?
This term refers to the world known before the discovery of the new lands
What is the ‘’Old World’’?
This term refers to the world known after the discovery of the Americas
What is the ‘’New World?’’
This explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean and opened the way for later Spanish exploration along the western coast of South America.
Who was Vasco Nunez de Balboa?