Explorers
This explorer’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth, though he died in the Philippines.
Ferdinand Magellan
This school, founded by Prince Henry, was key to advancing navigation techniques.
School of Navigation
Why were spices valuable during the Age of Exploration?
To improve the taste of food and preserve it
This explorer is credited with beginning the transatlantic slave trade.
Prince Henry the Navigator
Exploration increased knowledge of this aspect of the Earth.
its size
He explored 500 years before Columbus and built settlements on Newfoundland.
Leif Ericksson
Besides tools, explorers relied on these natural indicators to navigate.
cloud patterns, water currents, and animal/plant life
Spices were essential because food would often spoil due to the lack of this.
refrigeration
Explorers hoped to bring these back to enrich their countries.
gold, spices, and slaves
New routes to this were discovered through exploration.
trade routes
This explorer founded Quebec and discovered Lake Champlain.
Samuel de Champlain
Early explorers relied on this star for navigation at night.
North Star/Polaris
Spices were primarily sought from this region during the Age of Exploration.
The Indies
Explorers wanted to spread this religion during their travels.
Christianity
These experts were able to map the world more accurately due to exploration.
cartographers
He fought to conquer the Aztec Empire and founded Vera Cruz.
Hernando Cortes
Name the tool used by explorers to measure latitude using celestial objects.
sextant
Name one specific spice that drove European explorers to seek trade routes.
pepper, clove, nutmeg, mace.
The slave trade was profitable for this European country, especially early on
Portugal
Exploration helped initiate this process in the Americas.
colonization
He searched for gold in the U.S. Southwest and became the first European to see the Grand Canyon.
Francisco Coronado
This tool allowed sailors to determine the sun's altitude for navigation.
backstaff
These two economic motivations were closely linked to the spice trade.
wealth and trade dominance
These five major changes occurred in the world due to the voyages of explorers, including increased knowledge of the Earth's size and the beginning of colonization. Name at least 3.
1. new items exchanged between the Old and New Worlds, 2. increased knowledge of the world’s size, 3. new trade routes, 4. improved mapping accuracy by cartographers, 5. the start of colonization
These items were exchanged between the Old World and the New World, transforming diets worldwide.
crops, animals, and goods