General
What was the Age of Exploration?
A time when the people of the old world went out to explore the new world.
Who is credited with discovering America, but actually did not and instead killed many native Americans?
Christopher Columbus
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Name two Native American civilizations explored during the Age of Exploration.
Maya, Aztecs, Iroquois, Inca, Taino
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Where Europeans got native people from Africa and took them to the New World for slave labor.
List three countries that were involved in The Age of Exploration.
Spain, Portugal, France, England, etc.
Who explored Florida for Spain while looking for the fountain of youth?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Which tool was used by European explorers to prevent scurvy?
Citrus Fruit
What disease did the europeans bring over that heavily impacted the Native Americans?
Small Pox
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What does the "Three G's" stand for?
Hint: they are all motivations for exploration
Gold, Glory, God
Who's voyage marked the beginning of European Exploration to the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Which tool was used by European explorers to measure latitude while at sea?
Astrolabe
Which Native American civilization lived in Guatemala and were accomplished astronomers and mathematicians?
Mayans
What was life aboard the slave ships like?
Lots of death, cramped, uncomfortable, hot. etc.
Describe in detail one thing that motivated people to explore the new world.
Trade, spread religion, to get rich, to get land, to become famous for discovering a new place, etc.
Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Which tool was used by European explorers to determine the direction of the winds by checking which direction is north?
Magnetic Compass
Which Native American Civilization lived in central Mexico and fought with Hernan Cortes?
Aztecs
Describe the Colombian Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange is the exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and human between the old world and the new world.
What were two effects of The Age of Exploration?
Slave Trade, Triangle Trade, Columbian Exchange, Native American Deaths, etc.
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What does circumnavigate mean?
to travel around
Lateen Sail
Which Native American civilization lived in upstate New York and built longhouses?
Iroquois
Describe triangle trade.
Guns and goods went from the old world to Africa, then europeans traded those goods for slaves, from Africa they went to the Americas where they dropped off the slaves and picked up goods to take back to Europe and trade.