🚢 Explorers
WHO SAIIED IN 1492 AND REACHED THE AMERICAS?
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
What does the “3 Gs” stand for?
Gold, God, Glory
What ocean did Columbus cross to reach the Americas?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases called?
Columbian Exchange
What is the exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases called?
Columbian Exchange
What explorer is known for circumnavigating the globe (his crew)?
Ferdinand Magellan
Why did Europeans want new trade routes?
To access goods like spices and avoid long/expensive routes
What was a major barrier that explorers tried to avoid by sailing west?
Land routes through Asia / Silk Road challenges
Name one crop brought from the Americas to Europe.
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes (any valid answer)
Name one crop brought from the Americas to Europe.
Corn, potatoes, tomatoes (any valid answer)
What Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
Hernán Cortés
What religion did many explorers try to spread?
Christianity
What is the name for a water route through the Americas that explorers hoped to find?
Northwest Passage
Name one animal brought from Europe to the Americas.
Horse, cow, pig (any valid answer)
Name one animal brought from Europe to the Americas.
Horse, cow, pig (any valid answer)
What explorer is connected to the name “America”?
Amerigo Vespucci
What economic system drove competition for colonies and trade?
Mercantilism
What winds helped ships travel from Europe to the Americas?
Trade winds
What deadly disease greatly affected Native Americans?
Smallpox
What group of people were brought to the Americas through forced labor?
Enslaved Africans
What Spanish explorer conquered the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Why did countries compete to explore new lands?
To gain wealth, power, and resources
What continent did Europeans originally think they had reached when arriving in the Americas?
Asia
How did the Columbian Exchange change populations?
A: Increased in Europe, decreased in Americas
Increased in Europe, decreased in Americas
What is one major positive AND one major negative impact of exploration?
Answers vary: trade/technology vs. disease/slavery)