Old vs. New World
What do we call the continents explored before the discovery of the Americas?
What is Old World?
What country was Marco Polo from?
What is Italy (Venice)?
What year did Christopher Columbus first sail across the Atlantic Ocean?
What is 1492?
What is Ferdinand Magellan most famous for?
What is leading the first voyage to sail around the world (circumnavigate).
What happened to many Native American populations after European explorers arrived?
What is their populations decreased because of disease and conflict?
Name two items that came from the Old World to the New World.
What is Horses, wheat, sugar? (any two)
Where did Marco Polo travel to that made him famous?
What is China?
What were the names of Columbus’s three ships?
What is Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria?
Did Magellan personally survive the entire journey around the world?
What is No?
Name one positive cultural impact of exploration.
What is new foods and goods were exchanged between continents?
Name two items that came from the New World to the Old World.
What is Corn tomatoes, potatoes? (any two)
How did Marco Polo share what he saw and learned during his travels?
What is he told stories and worked with a writer to create a book about his journey?
What country sponsored Columbus’s voyage?
What is Spain?
What ocean did Magellan name during his voyage?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Name one negative cultural impact of exploration.
What is Native populations lost land, lives, and culture?
What major event connected the Old and New Worlds through trade?
What is Columbian Exchange?
Marco Polo traveled along which famous trade route?
What is the Silk Road?
What did Columbus believe he had reached when he landed in the New World?
What is Asia (India)?
What country did Magellan originally sail for?
What is Portugal (but the circumnavigation was under Spain’s sponsorship)
How did exploration change the world map?
What is it added new lands, continents, and accurate world maps?
How was exploration of the New World different from exploration of the Old World?
What is the New World exploration led to colonization and new settlements; Old World exploration was mainly for trade routes? (answers vary)
How did Marco Polo's travels impact Europe?
What is He sparked interest in Asian goods and exploration?
What was one major impact of Columbus’s voyages?
What is the beginning of widespread European colonization of the Americas?
Why was Magellan’s voyage important?
What it proved the Earth was round and connected by oceans?
What major system of trade was created between the Old World and New World after exploration?
What is the Columbian Exchange?