Famous Explorers
This explorer was looking for the Northwest Passage (water route to asia) and instead discovered a river in NY and a Bay in Canada that now are named after him.
Henry Hudson
This simple acronym was the motto of Conquistadors during exploration and was the three main reason most European explorers were doing what they were doing. (Name each)
Three G's
Gold, God and Glory
Many new invention came out of the Renaissance that allowed Europeans to explore and sail to new lands. These mostly were inventions that helped with what?
Navigation
All things exchanged in the Columbian Exchange can fall into these three categories.
Animals, Plants, Diseases
The TMNT were famous painters during the Renaissance, helping to revive the study of Greek and Roman Cultures and ideas.
Leonardo, Rafael, Donatello, Michelangelo
Amerigo Vespucci
Most Europeans were trying to reach this continent in order to gain access to the goods there that they almost had a addiction to in some ways.
Asia (India, China, Japan)
Telescope
What Domesticated animals came from the new world?
Llamas, Alpacas, Turkeys, Guinee pigs
The Renaissance means what?
Rebith
A British Sailor, this man would look for a different route to Asia due to the Portuguese having blocked the way around Africa. He would sail West and become the first man to circumnavigate the world, though only his crew did so as he died in the Philippines on the Journey.
Ferdinand Magellan
The Four main goods that Europeans wanted from Asia were what?
Silk, Tea, Spices, China/Porcelain
What celestial objects were used by Explorers to help tell them where they were on the planet and help them navigate the oceans without getting lost?
Stars (Sun counts as it is a star)
This crop found in the new world would become a sensation in Europe after it was brought back. It would promote the creation of plantations in the new world where it grew and would make nations that sold it rich. What was this cash crop?
Tobacco
This famous Monk would seed dissent in the church and start a break away from its teachings leading to new forms of Christianity.
This Leader of Portugal was the first European to promote looking for a water route to Asia and believed that sailing around Africa would get him there. Though he would not do it himself, he inspired other Portuguese to make the journey and find a way to India. He is known as the "Navigator due to his ambitions and progress made.
Henry the Navigator
Prior to its fall, this City was the gateway to the East for Europeans and allowed them to access goods from the east though the silk road. However it would fall in 1456 and with it the last of the Roman Empire would fall too.
Constantinople
This Invention was used by explorers to help tell where they were on the planet and involved staring directly at the sun and measuring its height above the horizon. Later this would be improved on by adding lenses that made you not have to look at the sun directly anymore. Name the two devices. (first one you used in our station exercise, second outside with me.)
Astrolabe or Quadrant, Sextant
The thing that had the biggest impact from the Columbian Exchange was Disease. What were three of the Diseases that were introduced to Natives by the Europeans.
Small pox, Measels, Chicken pox, Bubonic Plague, Influenza, Mumps, Whopping Cough
The study of new ideas and focus on rebirth during the renaissance lead to the rise of this practice, which you all do today in your Science Classes.
Scientific Theory
This Portuguese's explorer would be the first to sail around Africa and reach India, returning to Europe 2 years later with a ship full of spices and other goods. He would make a 3000% profit for his journey ($3000 to every $1 spent) and kick off a rush by Europeans to reach India.
Vasco De Gama
Europeans were forced to look for a sea route to Asia due to the rise of this empire which blocked their access to the East and only would let them buy goods at a huge mark up in price that made it impossible to afford
Ottoman Empire
Longitude and Latitude
The lasting impact of the Columbian exchange was the introduction of new food sources to both areas. What impact did this have on Europe as a result.
Less famines, More food sources, Money
The Renaissance were important to the age of exploration as it make Europeans do what?
Think differently and explore the world around them.