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late 1400s
Where did mapmakers get new information from?
Mapmakers in Europe got new information from sailors, explorers, and scientists.
Where did the Spanish find gold and silver?
In mines in Mexico and South America
What is the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and also for spices and silks from Asia. They discovered the Americas instead.
Age of Exploration
What is a cash crop?
A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale.
Why did the Europeans set out across the Atlantic to the New World?
they were looking for spices, silks, and routes to Asia. They found America instead.
How did rulers claim land?
They planted a flag to claim, or take, that land for their country.
What new foods did the explorers discover?
Potatoes, squash, beans, pineapple, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes.
Who is a person who travels in search of new geographical information?
explorers.
What does a compass do?
Another tool for figuring out direction that European explorers used.
Why did the Native Americans not call America the New World?
because the Native Americans already lived in America for thousands of years.
What religion were the explorers of the 1500s?
Christians
How did food discovered in the Americas change the world?
It changed what people ate around the world and made them healthier.
What is an archeologist who studies sunken ships called?
Underwater Archeologist
What are maps?
Drawings of the shapes of bodies of water.
In what year did Christopher Columbus sail to North America?
1492
How did Europeans count their wealth?
Gold and silver.
What cash crop did the American colonists sell to the Europeans? What was the money helping the buy?
What is an astrolabe?
an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars. Explorers used this to find their position at sea.
What are claimed lands?
Once explorers reached a new land, they planted a flag to claim, or take, that land for their country?
What did explorers bring back from their trips?
things of value.
What do underwater archeologists study? And what do they tell us?
They study artifacts, that remain at the sunken ship wrecks. These objects tell us about the explorers' expeditions. They also give us clues about how and why Europeans came to the New World.
What did Europeans call the Americas?
the New World?
What are the Americas?
North America, Central America, and South America
What new foods did the explorers NOT discover?
fish