Vocab
What is the art of making maps?
Cartography
This explorer discovered America for the Spanish
Christopher Columbus
The Columbian Exchange mirrored which explorer's route across the Atlantic?
Christopher Columbus
Name the four countries who are best known for Exploring the world?
France, England, Spain, Portugal
What disease did sailors face when they did not get enough fresh air below deck?
This tool helps you find direction using the sun
Backstaff
This explorer is known for sailing around the tip of Africa to India multiple times
What was the impact of horses to the America?
Native Americans learned how to hunt and were able to travel longer distances
What religion were all of the European explorers trying to spread?
Christianity
What are the 3 motivations for sailors to risk their life out at sea?
Gold, God, Glory
This term means to travel all the way around something
Circumnavigate
This explorer was known as the first explorer to circumnavigate the world and live
Sir Francis Drake
What was a negative impact of the Columbian Exchange on Native Americans?
Died off from Disease
Name 3 types of technology that helped explorers navigate the open sea
Astrolabe, Backstaff, Compass
Vikings often raided and attacked many towns and cities around Europe. Where are Vikings from?
Scandinavia
These new ships allowed for Spanish Explorers to travel over faster and longer distances
Carrack and Caravel
Name the four Spanish Explorers we discussed in class.
Cortez, Columbus, Ponce De Leon, Magellan
What was the effect of the slave trade on AFRICA?
African tribes began to war with other African tribes to sell captives into slavery
Who wanted to gain power, land, money, and resources during the age of Exploration?
Absolute Monarchs
What explorer encountered dangerous storms off the Coast of Africa that almost ruined his exploration to the Cape of Africa?
Bartolomeu Dias
This ancient trade route became to dangerous for explorers to travel by foot
The Silk Road
Which explorer was tossed overboard and was never heard from again?
Hudson
Is sugar an old world or new world product?
Old World
The city of Constantinople was taken over by the Muslim Turks. Who was the leader that conquered them?
This new invention changed the battle at Constantinople