Vocabulary
What is the act of traveling to search for new lands, ideas, or things?
Exploration
Who made the first successful all-water route from Europe to India
a- Vasco da Gama
b- Christopher Columbus
c- Henry Hudson
Vasco da Gama
Which country sent Cortés and Balboa to the Americas?
Spain
True or False: The compass was used during the Age of Exploration.
True
Name one positive effect of European Exploration.
What is a Spanish explorer and conqueror called?
conquistador
Who helped the Netherlands claim land around New York, New Jersey & Conneticuit?
a- Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
b- Christopher Columbus
c- Hernan Cortes
d- Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson
Which trade route closing caused Europeans to search for new routes to Asia?
the Silk Road
True or False: Steam engines were used during the Age of Exploration.
False- Sail boats like the caravel
Name one negative effect of European Exploration.
What is a territory controlled by a stronger country called?
colony
What English colony did Sir Walter Raleigh name the after the Queen of England?
Virginia
What did Europeans call the Americas before they had that name?
The new World
True or False: Europeans used the phrase “God, Good, and Glory.”
False- God, Gold & Glory
What were the “3 Gs” of exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
What was the trading route, discovered by christopher Columbus, of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas called?
the Columbian Exchange
Which explorer was sent by Spain and conquered the Aztecs?
a- Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
b- Christopher Columbus
c- Hernan Cortes
d- Henry Hudson
Hernán Cortés
What was the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic called?
The Middle Passage
True or False: John Cabot was a French explorer.
False- English
Name one tool explorers used to navigate.
What route were Europeans searching for through the Arctic Ocean to get to Asia?
the Northwest Passage
Which explorer explored the Pacific Ocean for Spain?
a- Vasco Núñez de Balboa?
b- Christopher Columbus
c- Henry Hudson
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Which country explored and traded in India first using an all-water route?
Portugal
True or False: The Columbian Exchange only had positive effects.
False- Slavery, mistreatment of millions of indigenous peoples, stealing land, wars, spread of disease, etc
Why did Europeans want a faster route to Asia?