What made exploration possible?
This device let you know where north was.
The compass.
Christopher Columbus
This explorer sailed around Africa to India.
What was good about the Columbian Exchange?
People in both the Old World and the New World got new foods and products.
What's a conquistador?
A Spanish "conqueror".
What did European explorers use an astrolabe for?
They used it to find their latitude.
In what year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
1492
He sailed for France and founded the city of Quebec.
What was bad about the Columbian Exchange?
Diseases from the Old World killed MANY indigenous peoples.
He sailed for both Holland and England, then was set adrift in the bay named for him after a mutiny.
Why did you usually need a king or queen to get an expedition started?
Kings and queens had the money to pay for expeditions. They were expensive!
This explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Hernan/Hernando Cortes
His expedition was the first to sail around the world, although he didn't survive.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Columbian Exchange wasn't done entirely by Columbus. So, why is it named that?
Columbus started it, so it's named after him.
This type of source was written AFTER the time period it relates to.
A secondary source.
What does the word economic have to do with?
Money
What did Juan Ponce de Leon accomplish in the New World?
He explored Florida.
He was looking for a water route to Asia, and reached Canada for England before turning back. He died on his next expedition.
John Cabot
In the New World
Name three reasons explorers explored.
For God, Gold, and Glory.
What does the word political have to do with?
Things that are political relate to a country's government.
Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River?
Hernando de Soto
He sailed for Portugal, and his expedition was the first to reach the bottom tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
What IS the Columbian Exchange?
It's the switching around of stuff between the New and Old Worlds after 1492.
What church did Henry the 8th start so that he could give himself a divorce?
The Church of England (A Protestant church.)