Columbian Exchange
Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Life on the Sea
Miscellaneous
100
Define the Columbian Exchange
What is the movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
100
What piece of land Bartolomeu Dias sail around?
What is the Cape of Good Hope (tip of Africa)?
100
What place was Christopher Columbus trying to sail to?
What is Asia (India)?
100
What boat would have been ideal for long sea expeditions back in the 1400s?
What is a boat with storage room and different sails to use the wind? (Caravel)
100
What was the main goal of Prince Henry's navigation school?
What is he wanted to find and control trade routes?
200
Which goods were traded from the Americas to Europe? (Name 2 goods)
What are tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, or sugar?
200
Order these explorers from first to explore to last to explore. Coronado, Columbus, Cortes, and Dias
What is Dias, Columbus, Cortes, and Coronado?
200
What event lead to the approval of Christopher Columbus's first journey to North America?
What is Spain needing money to pay for war damages? (Columbus said he would spread Christianity and bring back riches for Spain.)
200
What was magnetic compass used for during the explorers' expeditions?
What is to find the direction?
200
What vocabulary word means "an organized journey"?
What is expedition?
300
Which goods were traded from Europe to the Americas? (Name 2 goods)
What are horses, pigs, wheat, grapes, or goats?
300
Order these groups in the order in which they arrived in North America. Officials, Conquistadors, Explorers
What is Explorers, Conquistadors, and Officials?
300
Why did Columbus call the Carribean Islands "the Indies"?
What is because he thought he sailed to India?
300
What was the astrolabe used to find during the explorers' expeditions?
What is to determine the distance they have traveled?
300
How is a colony different from an empire?
What is a colony is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it, while an empire is a group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader?
400
What is happening in this picture?
The Native Americans getting sick from European diseases?
400
What city did Cortes lead his Spanish army into?
What is Tenochtitlan?
400
How did Columbus negatively treat the Native Americans when he arrived in North America?
What is he took some of them as slaves to take back to Spain with him?
400
What is a caravel?
What is smaller and lighter than other ships. It had triangular sails to better control the wind. Included wooden decks without gaps and waterproofed wood. Also had stronger ropes and long-lasting sails. The ship had plenty of room to carry enough supplies for long voyages?
400
What vocabulary word means "a person who gives money to support another person or cause"?
What is a patron?
500
Why did European explorers want to find a route to Asia?
What is to obtain goods and riches more easily?
500
What is the city known as today that used to be called Tenochtitlan by the Aztecs?
What is Mexico City?
500
Where did Columbus actually sail to instead of Asia?
What are the Carribean Islands?
500
What is the process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land? (Vocabulary Word)
What is Navigation?
500
What vocabulary word means "people who buy and sell goods"?
What is merchant?