Columbian Exchange
This disease 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 or nations?
Columbus believes this about the world which affected his voyages.
What is the world was smaller?
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 sea level.
What is the 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 goods such as spices?
Columbus made this many voyages to the New World.
What is four?
Columbus wanted to spread this in new lands.
What is the Christian (Catholic) religion?
What are meats?
This crop was brought to America and led to Africans being enslaved to work on plantations which grew this crop.
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 four things moved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are plants, animals, diseases 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 (The Silk Road)?
These are the three continents involved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are Europe, Africa and America?
As a result of sea exploration many of these died of disease or were enslaved.
Who are Native Americans?
People didn't take Columbus' ideas seriously and they ran out of these on the voyage.
What are food and water?
Columbus wanted to gain this for himself on his voyages.
What is personal wealth?
Spices were believed to have this.
What is medicinal value?