Explorers
This explorer made several voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening up the Americas to European exploration and colonization. He believed he had found a westward route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
This device is used to determine direction
Compass
Imperialism can be defined as...
The view and actions of a country to control other territories and people, so that they depend on the “mother” country.
Colonization can be defined as...
When a country takes control of another land, send its people to live there, and use the resources found there to benefit itself.
Colonizing countries include Spain, Portugal, England, France, etc.
This was the motto used by Europeans to summarize their motivations for exploration:
"God, Gold, and Glory"
This explorer was the first to reach India by sea, establishing an Ocean route that expanded trade between Europe and Asia
Vasco da Gama
These were people who created maps and sea charts
Cartographers
Expansionism can be defined as...
The view and actions of a country where their goal is to expand its economic power.
Ethnocentrism can be defined as...
A belief that one’s race/culture is better than others.
What animal often came along on ships to hunt rats?
Cats
This explorer led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe. Although he was killed before completing the voyage, his crew finished the journey proving the Earth was round.
Ferdinand Magellan
An instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies.
Astrolabe
This was the forced transportation of millions of people to the Americas...
Slave Trade
The worldview of Europe at the end of the Renaissance included these values and beliefs...
Importance of the individual, High material standard of living, Governments based on democracy, Importance of education, Laws that protect the rights and freedoms of citizens
What happened to the native populations of North and South America when the Europeans arrived?
Large population wiped out by diseases that they had no natural immunity to because they had never dealt with the diseases before.
This explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
Bartolomeu Dias
A ________ is a Portuguese ship that used square and triangular sails to travel more efficiently across the world oceans
A Caravel
This three-legged journey saw trade between Africa, Europe, and the Americas
Triangular Trade
In this system, the journey from the Americas to Europe saw the transfer of...
Raw materials
This disease was caused by a lack of vitamin C and was common among sailors on long sea voyages. Led to weakness, bleeding gums, and death.
Scurvy
Jacques Cartier
This allowed ships to steer better
A sternpost rudder
This system was practiced by Europeans who prioritized wealth through favorable balance of trade by acquiring colonies to benefit the mother country.
Mercantilism
On the journey from Europe to Africa, what good were exchanged?
Manufactured goods
How long could a voyage from Europe to the Americas take in the 1500s?
Over two months