Vocabulary
Columbus, et. al
Columbian Exch
Europeans
Technology
100
Someone who gives financial support to a person or cause
What is Patron
100
Columbus called his landing spot the WEST INDES because of this
What is he had thought he had landed in India.
100
the movement of cultures and goods between Europe and the Americans
What is The Columbia Exchange
100
He sailed to North America and had a river and a bay named after him (as well as a street in Baltimore)
What is Henry Hudson
100
Sailors used this for power and to steer
What is the wind (also accept sails)
200
a person who buys and sells goods
What is MERCHANT
200
These were the items Spain wanted to trade for in Asia
What is Gold and Spices
200
Corn, Peanuts, Potatoes and Tomatoes came from here.
What is The Americas
200
Sailors, scholars, mapmakers and shipbuilders worked together to improve sea travel
What is Prince Henry's navigation school
200
These became more accurate than ever before and could help sailors get where they were going.
What is maps
300
An outbreak of a quickly spreading disease
What is epidemic
300
The direction Columbus set out on his Voyage
What is WEST
300
Not really considered part of the Columbian Exchange, but these people were also brought by Europeans to the New World
What is enslaved Africans
300
He set up a navigation school in Portugal around 1419
What is Prince Henry (the navigator)
300
A devise that measures how far you are from the equator
What is Astrolabe
400
The buying and selling of humans as property
What is the slave trade
400
It took Colubus this long to sail to the New World
What is five weeks
400
Coffee Sugar and Oranges came from here
What is Europe
400
He was the first to circumnavigate the earth?
What is Magellan
400
This helped sailors (and people on land) know which direction they were heading towards
What is the magnetic compass
500
A settlement far from the country that rules it
What is colony
500
Looking to profit from trade and spread Christianity, these two agreed to be Patrons for Columbus
What is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
500
Although the Columbian Exchange gave the Italians and Swiss Chocolate, the overall effect for this group was great harm
What is The Native Americans
500
He was looking for the fountain of youth, but found Florida
What is Ponce de Leon
500
This ship was lighter and faster than others before it and helped spur on the age of discovery
What is Caravale
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