Early Exploration
God, Glory, Gold
__________ Discovered a shorter route across the northern side of the Atlantic and claimed land for the British.
John Cabot
Created a Navigation school, his directed explorations claimed various regions of Africa
Prince Henry the Navigator
The ________________ was a time period during the 15th and 16th century when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and trade routes to China & India.
Age of Exploration
It is estimated that around ____ slaves died crossing the Atlantic before ever approaching their destination.
2 million
What was a new invention utilized by Arab explorers?
The Mariner's Compass
Italian Explorer, funded by Spain, set sail from Spain to find a direct route to India but landed in the Bahamas.
Christopher Columbus
His exploration discovered the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
transporting goods between Africa, Europe, and the America, not involving slaves
The Columbian Exchange
Over ___ million slaves were transported away from Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
12
_____________ was a famous Islamic explorer who spent years traveling throughout Muslim regions.
Ibn Battuta
Killed in the Philippines, but his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese Explorer who was one of the first explorers to travel directly from Europe to India
Vasco da Gama
the first man to map out the entire African continent
Sebastian Muenster
Why did China decide to stop exploration and fall into a system of isolationism?
Exploration was seen as a waste of money and resources
Who was the Viking leader who led explorations to North America?
Leif Erikson
First explorer to realize that Columbus had not landed in Asia, which lead to the naming of the Americas.
Amerigo Vespucci
Clashes with natives and battling sleeping sickness kept the __________ from taking over large parts of Africa.
British
the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation
Assimilation
What two key factors kept Great Britain from colonizing much of Africa?
conflicts with natives and disease
________________ was known for sailing from port city to port city in large treasure ships filled with gifts.
Zheng He
French Explorer who made three expeditions to North America and traveled along the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Cartier
Joined the race for the exploration of Africa with hopes of stopping British expansion.
France
___________ was the territory discovered by the Vikings in North America, thought to be near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
Vinland
Destruction of traditional culture, famine, warlords in control, increased warfare, rich got richer
Impact of Slave trade on Africa