Columbian Exchange
C & E of Sea Exploration
Columbus' Challenges & Accomplishments
Columbus' Goals & Motivations
Technology & Spice
100
This disease brought from Europe killed huge numbers of Native Americans
What is smallpox?
100
The formation of these led by kings and queens made sea exploration easier to pay for
What are countries or nations?
100
Columbus believed this about the world which affected his voyages.
What is "it was smaller."
100
Columbus wanted to prove you could sail in this direction to get to Asia?
What is west?
100
This tool measured the height of the sun or a star above sea level.
What is an astrolabe?
200
This was the result in Europe of food crops like corn and potatoes being brought there.
What is a population boom.
200
The desire for these motivated explorers to find a better route to Asia.
What are silk and spices?
200
Columbus made this many voyages to the New World.
What is 4?
200
Columbus wanted to claim this for Spain.
What is land?
200
Europeans used spices to season and preserve these.
What are meats?
300
This crop was brought to America and led to Africans being enslaved to work on plantations.
What is sugarcane?
300
These were begun in America as a result of exploration.
What are colonies?
300
Columbus didn't have any of these to refer to when he was exploring.
What are maps?
300
Columbus wanted to claim this for Spain.
What is land?
300
This tool always points to the north.
What is a compass?
400
These are the four types of things moved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are plants, animals, ideas, & disease.
400
Developments in science and this improved navigation and made sea exploration possible.
What is technology?
400
Columbus claimed land for this country in the New World.
What is Spain?
400
Columbus wanted to find riches like this in the New World.
What is gold?
400
This was long, dangerous, and resulted in higher prices for spices.
What is the overland trade system? Silk Road?
500
These are the four continents involved in the Columbian Exchange.
What are Europe, Asia, Africa, & America?
500
As a result of sea exploration many of these died of disease or were enslaved.
What are Native Americans or Taino?
500
People didn't take these of Columbus seriously and they ran out of these on the voyage.
What ideas and food and water?
500
Columbus wanted to gain this for himself on his voyages.
What is personal wealth?
500
Spices were believed to have this.
What is medicinal value?
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