This disease, brought from Europe, killed huge numbers of Native Americans.
What is smallpox?
The formation of these led by kings and queens made sea exploration easier to pay for.
What are countries (nations)?
Columbus believed this about the world which affected his voyages.
What is the world was flat (smaller)?
Columbus wanted to prove you could sail in this direction to get to Asia.
What is west?
This tool measures the height of the sun or a star above sea level.
What is an astrolabe?
This was the result in Europe of food crops like corn and potatoes being brought there.
What is population boom?
The desire for these motivated explorers to find a better route to Asia.
What are spices?
Columbus made this many voyages to the New World.
What is 4?
Columbus wanted to spread this in new lands.
What is the Christian religion?
Europeans used spices to season and preserve these.
What are meats?
This crop was brought to American and led to Africans being enslaved to work on plantations.
What is sugarcane?
These were begun in American as a result of exploration.
Columbus didn't have any of these to refer to when he was exploring.
What are maps?
Columbus wanted to claim this for Spain.
What is land?
This tool always points to the north.
What is a compass?
These are the three types of things moved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are goods, ideas, and disease?
Developments in this improved navigation and made sea exploration possible.
Columbus claimed land for this country in the New World.
Columbus wanted to find riches like this in the New World.
What is gold?
This was long, dangerous, and resulted in higher prices for spices.
What is the overland trade system?
These are the four continents involved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are Europe, Asia, Africa and America?
As a result of sea exploration, many of these died of disease or were enslaved.
What are Native Americans?
As a result of his exploration, these were needed to work the plantations.
What are Native American slaves?
Columbus wanted to gain this for himself on his voyages.
What is personal wealth?
Spices were believed to have this.
What is medicinal value?