Causes
the three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration.
to find gold and riches, explore and claim new lands, and to spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
The 1st person to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
What is the Columbian exchange?
European explorers were often encouraged by rulers to spread this religion to newly encountered lands.
What is Christianity?
This region of Africa, now known for modern-day countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and Benin, was one of the main areas from which enslaved Africans were taken.
What is West Africa?
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
The Americas are named after this explorer
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This explorer for Spain searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus?
This type of Portuguese ship, known for its speed and agility, was essential in navigating the African coast and opened up trade routes to Asia.
What is a caravel?
This colony received the largest number of enslaved Africans during the slave trade.
What is Brazil?
This individual started a school for navigation and sponsored 50 voyages although he never explored himself.
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
The name of the treaty used to prevent conflicts between Spain and Portugal over the exploration land claims
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
this was the name for the highly profitable network of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas in the 16th century.
What is the Triangular Trade?
This instrument, improved by European scientists, helped sailors determine direction on the open sea and made longer voyages possible.
What is the magnetic compass?
Name three examples of technology used to increase sea exploration in the 1400's.
What are astrolabe, magnetic compass, maps, and caravels, sextant
The main navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars.
Astrolabe
The 1st person to successfully sail from Europe to India and back
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This Caribbean island, colonized by the French, received large numbers of enslaved Africans to work on sugar plantations and became one of the wealthiest colonies.
What is Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)?
European countries wanted to cut out these middlemen (empire) from trade with Asia, which would allow them to increase profits from spices and other goods.
Who are the Ottoman Empire merchants (or "middlemen")?
In 1497, this Italian explorer working for Spain's rival Portugal argued for an entirely new landmass, which later maps named after him.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.
the name of Spanish explorers that conquered areas of Mexico and South America
What is Conquistador?
The Triangular Trade was a system of trade between Europe, Africa, and this part of the world.
What are the Americas?
Explorers had to cross to get to the "New World"
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This Italian explorer, sailing for England, explored the North American coast in 1497 and claimed parts of it for England.
Who is John Cabot?