This is the year that Christopher Columbus set sail.
What is 1492?
100
This country first made voyages around West Africa.
What is Portugal?
100
This is the country that Henry the Navigator is from.
What is Portugal?
100
These were reasons for European Exploration.
gold and natural resources
spread of Christianity
competition between European powers
100
This type of economy is controlled by the government.
What is command economy?
200
This early admirer of exploration (known as the Navigator) sponsored ships to head down the coast of Africa.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
200
This country spread Christianity to the Native Americans.
What is Spain?
200
This is the route between Asia and Europe.
What is The Spice Trade?
200
List an accomplishment of the European Explorers.
exchange of goods and ideas
improved navigational tools
claimed territories
200
This is where a nuclear disaster took place.
What is Chernobyl, Ukraine?
300
In 1487, this Portuguese sailor first sailed around the tip of Africa.
Who is Bartolomeu Diaz?
300
This country built many trading posts in North America.
What is France?
300
This agreement separated the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is treaty of Tortillas?
300
This resource of Africa was of interest to the Portuguese.
What is gold?
300
In 1430 this new kind of a double-rigged ship was designed for long-distance voyages. It had triangular sails for sailing into the wind and square sails for sailing with the wind.
What is a caravel?
400
This explorer sailed around Africa and up to India. He had discovered an all-water route to Asia.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
400
These were the first two countries to claim territories in the New World before any other European powers.
Who is Spain and Portugal?
400
James Cook discovered this land.
What is Australia?
400
Christopher Columbus discovered these islands thinking they were a part of Asia.
What is the Bahamas?
400
This is a word that means the government order stopped trade with another country.
What is embargo?
500
He was the first sailor to sail around the world on one ship and with 19 men.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
500
England, Scotland, and Wales united to make this empire.
What is Great Britain?
500
This is the land that John Cabot discovered.
What is Newfoundland?
500
This war was a result of militarism and nationalism in the late nineteen and early twentieth centuries.