Age of Exploration
The land route to the East Indies from Europe was most often known as the ____________________.
Silk Road
Why did Christopher Columbus believe he'd landed in the Indies?
He underestimated just how big the Earth is - by about 5,000 miles!
I was NOT a sailor; I helped explore the Silk Road between Asia and Europe.
Marco Polo
I sailed for Spain and 'discovered' the New World.
Christopher Columbus
Read the excerpt below and describe H - Historical Context.
I promise to our most invincible Sovereigns, that if they give me some assistance, I will acquire for them as much gold as they need, a great quantity of spices, cotton, and mastic, and as many heathen slaves as their majesties may choose to demand. I also promise rhubarb and other sorts of drugs, which I believe the men I left behind in the fort have found already and will continue to find.
-Lisbon, March 14, 1493
Christopher Columbus,Admiral of the Fleet of the Ocean, to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain
-Columbus discovered the New World almost six months earlier
-The King and Queen of Spain are looking to gain resources from the New World
-Explorers are searching for the 4 Gs
Prior to the Age of Exploration, Europeans knew about which continents?
Africa, Europe, Asia
Define the term "the Columbian Exchange."
the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between the Old World and the New World
I was a Viking and the first to REALLY explore the New World. (I didn't hang around, though.)
Leif Erikson
I sailed for Portugal and discovered South America. North and South America are named for me!
Amerigo Vespucci
Why did European kingdoms want to find a sea route to Asia?
It would be faster, less expensive, and less dangerous to travel by sea than it was to travel overland.
Why were Old World diseases so devastating to the indigenous peoples of the New World?
The indigenous peoples had none of the immunity to these diseases that the explorers did.
Name two advances in technology which helped make exploring the world by sea easier.
-navigational tools like the magnetic compass and astrolabe
-lighter, faster ships called caravels
-more accurate maps and mathematical projections of the Earth's size
Name the contemporary of Columbus who came to the New World as a landowner hoping to make money, but left to become a priest and work for better treatment of indigenous people after seeing how badly the Spanish treated them.
Bartolomo de las Casas.
What were the Four Gs?
Define each G to briefly explain why this was a motivating factor in the Age of Exploration.
Gold - seek to gain wealth/money
Goods - looking to find natural resources like spices and materials
God - hoping to spread Christianity/religion
Glory - looking to gain fame, both for the individual explorer and the kingdom that sponsored him
Name THREE things that were brought from the New World to the Old World.
Name THREE things that were brought from the Old World to the New World.
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