Columbian Exchange
This disease, brought from Europe, killed huge numbers of Native Americans.
The formation of these led by kings and queens made sea exploration easier to pay for.
What are countries or nations?
Columbus believed this about the world which affected his voyages?
He thought the world was smaller than it really was
Columbus wanted to prove you could sail in this direction to get to Asia.
What is west?
This tool measured the height of the sun or a star above the sea level.
What is the astrolabe?
This was the result in Europe of food crops like corn and potatoes being brought there.
What was a 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 Christian religion?
Europeans used spices to season and preserve these.
What are meats?
This crop was brought to America and led to Africans being enslaved to work on plantations.
What is sugarcane?
These were begun in America as a result of exploration.
What are colonies?
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 plants, animals, and people
Developments in science and this improved navigation and made sea exploration possible.
What is technology?
Columbus claimed land for this country in the New World
What is Spain?
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 diseases or were enslaved.
Who are the Native Americans?
People didn't take these of Columbus seriously and they ran out of these on the voyage.
What are his ideas, and food and water?
Columbus wanted to gain this for himself on the voyages.
What is personal wealth?
What is medicinal value?