Key Terms
Discovery of the "New World"
Age of Exploration Explorers
Age of Exploration Effects
Goals of Exploration
100

______:Smaller, lighter ship, uses a rudder, and triangular sails that allowed for sailing against the wind.

Caravel

100

Who were the first Europeans to arrive in North America? (Approx. 1000AD.)

The Vikings (Led by Leif Erikson)

100

An Italian explorer during the Age of Exploration. Sailed across the Atlantic ocean in 1492 and landed in San Salvador. 

Christopher Columbus 

100

True or False: Diseases brought from Europe to North America ravaged Native American populations. 

True 

100

True or False: Naval exploration during the Age of Exploration was often very dangerous. 

True

200

Foreign tool used by Europeans to ensure they were sailing in the right direction and could find their way back again?

The magnetic compass (From China)

200

Why did the Vikings abandon mainland continental North America?

Hostilities with natives; distance from trade 

200

Who are the American continents named after?

Amerigo Vespucci 

200

True or False: One key effect of the Age of Exploration was that it reduced world trade. 

False

200

What Portuguese nobleman created a navigational school in the 1400s in order to promote exploration? 

Henry the Navigator 

300

________________: a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.

Age of Exploration

300

Who funded Christopher Columbus' expedition to explore the western Atlantic ocean? 

King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain

300

Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe? 

Ferdinand Magellan 

300

In the context of the Age of Exploration, what continents are known  as "New World", and what are known as "Old World"

New World: North & South America

Old World: Europe

300

Name one technological advancement in navigation during the Age of Exploration

Astrolabe & Magnetic Compass

400

Tool used by Europeans to ensure they were sailing at the right latitude to catch the prevailing air and water currents that would help push them to the New World? 

The Astrolabe

400

What goals did Columbus promise his voyage would accomplish if European rulers agreed to fund his voyage? 

Columbus promised riches, new territory, and converts. Also the discovery of new trade routes to the east. 

400

Who was the first European to establish a naval trade route to Asia?

Vasco de Gama

400

What two European nations dominated the Age of Exploration, and whose conflict led to the Line of Demarcation by Pope Alexander VI, and Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494?

Spain & Portugal 

400

What was the chief economic goal of the French in the New World?

Gain control over North America's rich fur trade

500

The two valuable "commodities" that the Portuguese discovered while sailing down the West African coast?

African slaves and Sugar

500

Why were Native Americans sometimes referred to as “Indians” by Europeans after Columbus’ voyage?

Columbus believed he landed in a part of Asia and thus referred to the indigenous population as "Indians". 

500

What Spanish explorer is credited with the discovery of the Pacific Ocean?

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

500

Two ways the Columbian exchange benefitted North America's Native Americans ? 

The Europeans brought new foods (Wheat & Barley), firearms, steel tools, and new animals like cattle and especially horses.

500

What was the name the Dutch used to identify their colonial possessions in North America and what was the name of their colonial capital?

New Netherlands; New Amsterdam