Causes of the Age of Exploration
The three major motives of the Age of Exploration
What is Gold, God and Glory?
Forced voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas as a part of the triangular trade
What is the Middle Passage?
Name the Explorer that America is named after
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
This was the year when Columbus sailed for the New World
What was 1492?
This type of ship enabled explorers to travel longer, faster and carry more cargo
What are caravels?
The exchange of what was more harmful to the Native Americans than any other material/animal/plant
What are diseases?
Explorers and soldiers of Spain and Portugal who traveled to Mexico/Peru in the 16th century; conqueror
What is a conquistador?
ancient tool typically made of brass that was used by navigators to determine latitude, longitude, and time of day
What is the astrolabe?
What technology allowed explorers to always know which direction was north?
What is the magnetic compass?
The major exchange of plants, food, and animals occurred between the Old and New Worlds.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The first Europeans to establish colonies in North America.
Who were the Vikings?
Three countries China, Japan, and India were known as
What is "the Indies"
What is the Bahamas?
What is a missionary?
This explorer sailed for France and discovered Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
How Spain and Portugal solve their differences over claims to new lands
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
economic theory in which a country accumulates wealth by exporting more than it imports, government involvement
What is Mercantilism ?
This country sent out the MOST missionaries.
What is Spain?
This individual was the first to find a sea route to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope and on to Calicut, India
Who was Vasco Da Gama?
Henry Hudson (Hudson River) was the first to claim the land of this territory present-day.
What is New York?
This civilization was conquered by Hernan Cortez
Who were the Aztecs?