Colonist farmers planted large fields, sold their crops to Europeans and used the money to buy good from Europe.
What did colonist farmers do with cash crops?
100
Potaos
What helped create a more healthful European diet?
100
They study ships and artifacts.
What does an archeologist study to help them gather information about explorers?
100
An independent country whose people mostly share a common identity.
What is a nation-state
200
A crop that is grown in large quantities
What is a cash crop?
200
Christian Europeans believed that all people should share their beliefs and wanted to convert people to the Catholic Church.
What did Christian Europeans believe about their religion and what was part of their mission?
200
Used to spread the Christian religion.
What is a bible?
200
They sailed unknown sees, looking for routes to Asia. Europeans wanted spices and silks from Asia.
How did the Age of Exploration begin?
200
A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures.
What is an archeologist?
300
An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars
What is an astrolabe
300
Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, squash, pineapples, tomatoes, and cacao.
What was some of the new foods Europeans brought back from the Americas?
300
Gold coins
What was used to help build the wealth of European countries?
300
To find a new trade route to Asia and find gold and silver as well.
Why did Christopher Columbus want to sail ships west across the Atlantic Ocean?
300
A person who travels in search of new geographical information.
What is an explorer?
400
The period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas
What is the Age of Exploration?
400
To show ownership of the newly discovered land.
What was the significance of explorers planting flags?
400
Shows which direction the ship is heading.
What is a compass?
400
From King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Where did Christopher Columbus get the ships and money for his voyage?
400
A picture that represents an important event or idea.
What is a pictograph
500
Land masses of North America, Central America, and South America
What are the Americas?
500
The magnetic needle is balanced on a small metal post. The needle is allowed to spin freely. The needle's point is attracted by the powerful magnetic field that lines up close to the North Pole.
How does a compass work?
500
Shows the information explorers need to know to cross the ocean. They included such features as rocky shores and safe ports.
What are maps?
500
They came from sailors, explorers, and scientists.
Where did mapmakers get new information from to add details to their maps?
500
A circular area, sometimes underground, where tribes members talk, work, or perform religious ceremonies.