Explorers
This explorer's voyage in 1492 marked the beginning of European exploration of the New World.
Christopher Columbus
The trading of plants, animals, foods, diseases, and ideas that occurred between the New World and Old World following Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492.
Refers to a period in history, roughly from the 15th to the 17th centuries, during which European powers embarked on extensive ocean journeys to explore, map, and establish trade routes to distant lands across the globe.
Age of Exploration
What religion did Europeans hope the Indigenous people would convert to
Christianity
Apple trees, chickens, goats, grape vines, horses, onions, sugar cane, wheat
This Explorer conquered the Aztecs
Hernan Cortes
Things that were traded during the Columbian Exchange (list at least 4).
Diseases, plants, animals, ideas, and cultures
Name 3 effects of the Age of Exploration
globalization - how people all over the world connect and interact in terms of economic, political, and cultural
colonization - when one country takes control of another country or region
3. Columbian Exchange
One of the 3 G’s symbolizes the pursuit of prestige, fame, and national honor that motivated European explorers and monarchs during the Age of Exploration
Glory
What goods came from the New World to Europe?
Beans, corn, peanuts, peppers, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, turkeys, yams
The first to sail to India by going around Africa's Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
The Old World/New World
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Mesoamerica
The main countries that explored the new world were ____________, ______________, ___________, ______________, and __________________.
The main countries that explored the new world were Portugal, Spain, France, England, and Holland (The Netherlands).
The main motivations behind European Exploration
The 3 G's, Gold, Glory, and God
He lead the first voyage that successfully circumnavigated the world.
Ferdinand Magellan
The percentage of Native Americans who died from the spread of disease due to the Columbian Exchange.
80-90%
Conquistador is a Spanish word that means
Conqueror
A moment when the course of events is changed or a significant change occurs
Turning Point
Amerigo Vespucci
How did the Columbian Exchange impact indigenous people in terms of culture, religion etc.
Population decrease, loss of land, loss of culture, converted to Christianity
Name 3 of the factors that led to the Age of Exploration
New navigational tools
The need for new trade routes to Asia
3. Mercantilism - a system of trade
Indigenous people are people who
Were already living in a particular region or environment before exploration by Europeans