Early Exploration
European Explorers
Exploration of Africa
More Exploration
Critical Thinking
100
What were the primary motives for exploration? 3 G's

God, Glory, Gold

100

__________ Discovered a shorter route across the northern side of the Atlantic and claimed land for the British.

John Cabot

100

Created a Navigation school, his directed explorations claimed various regions of Africa

Prince Henry the Navigator

100

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

100

It is estimated that around ____ slaves died crossing the Atlantic before ever approaching their destination.

2 million

200

What was a new invention utilized by Arab explorers?

The Mariner's Compass

200

Italian Explorer, funded by Spain, set sail from Spain to find a direct route to India but landed in the Bahamas.

Christopher Columbus

200

His exploration discovered the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.

Bartolomeu Dias

200

transporting goods between Africa, Europe, and the America, not involving slaves

The Columbian Exchange

200

Over ___ million slaves were transported away from Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade.

12

300

_____________ was a famous Islamic explorer who spent years traveling throughout Muslim regions.

Ibn Battuta

300

Killed in the Philippines, but his crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe

Ferdinand Magellan

300

Portuguese Explorer who was one of the first explorers to travel directly from Europe to India

Vasco da Gama

300

the first man to map out the entire African continent

Sebastian Muenster

300

Why did China decide to stop exploration and fall into a system of isolationism?

Exploration was seen as a waste of money and resources

400

Who was the Viking leader who led explorations to North America?

Leif Erikson

400

First explorer to realize that Columbus had not landed in Asia, which lead to the naming of the Americas.

Amerigo Vespucci

400

Clashes with natives and battling sleeping sickness kept the __________ from taking over large parts of Africa.

British

400

the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation

Assimilation

400

What two key factors kept Great Britain from colonizing much of Africa?

conflicts with natives and disease

500

________________ was known for sailing from port city to port city in large treasure ships filled with gifts.

Zheng He

500

French Explorer who made three expeditions to North America and traveled along the St. Lawrence River

Jacques Cartier

500

Joined the race for the exploration of Africa with hopes of stopping British expansion. 

France

500

___________ was the territory discovered by the Vikings in North America, thought to be near the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Vinland

500

Destruction of traditional culture, famine, warlords in control, increased warfare, rich got richer

Impact of Slave trade on Africa

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