Explorers
Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil
What is Pedro Alvarez Cabral
What was the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
During the 1400s, how did Europeans think the Earth was? (HINT: they didn't think it was a sphere)
What is flat
What was one of the cash crops during the 15th-17th century?
What is tobacco/sugar cane
Who controls prices of goods in free trade?
What is traders/sellers
European voyager who set sail in 1492 and landed in the Americas
What is Christopher Columbus
What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
What is divided the land between Spain and Portugal
What were the three goals (3 G's) that explorers tried to accomplish when setting out to explore?
What is Glory, Gold, God
Portuguese explorers understood ocean _____ and ___ patterns
What is currents and wind
Who controls prices of goods in a mercantile system?
What is the government
a Portuguese explorer, soldier and prince known as "the navigator" who developed a breakthrough for Portuguese navigation.
What is Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator)
What was one of the new tools invented to improve navigation?
What is compass, maps, astrolabe, caravel ships
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
What is he thought he reached India
What were two new foods introduced by the Portuguese Empire?
What are coffee, potatoes, tomatoes, corn
The Revolutionary War was started to revolt against what country?
What is England
Who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India?
What is Vasco da Gama
a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire
What is Hernan Cortes
What disease impacted people during the age of discovery?
What is smallpox
What is one of the main products of trade during the Portuguese Empire?
What is one cost of human expansion?
What is (answers will vary)
The first European to sail around southern Africa, Dias opened the doors for trade with India.
What is Bartolomeu Dias
Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.
What is... 1. Use of slavery 2. Spread of diseases
Spanish explorer and conquistador who defeated the Inca
What is Francisco Pizarro
What is one benefit of human expansion?
What is (answers will vary)