INNOVATIONS
Innovation that helped with maneuverability of the ships
fixed post rudder
Discovered a new world by crossing the Atlantic in 1492
Columbus
The first country to begin exploring
Portugal
What country settled in Canada and Louisiana
France
This animal was introduced in the New World as a beast of burden by the Europeans
Horses
What type of sail helped with the ship’s maneuverability
lateen sail
The reason that Europe first began exploring was to find a sea route to what country
Asia
Part of the journey where 15% of African slaves died on the boat.
Middle Passage
What country had a lock on Europe's trade with Asia along the Mediterranean
Italy
Three reasons that European countries wanted to explore and conquer
God, gold, & glory
A sturdy ship of about 70 tons and 75 to 85 feet in length
Caravel
HENRY THE NAVIGATOR WAS A...
PRINCE
Conquistadors were conquerors in the Americas from what country
Spain
The treaty between Spain and Portugal gave more land to what country in the Americas
Spain
What type of economy increased the demand for slaves in America
Plantation economy
The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
Latitude
1st explorer to reach India by sea
Vasco da Gama
The 3 most popular raw materials coming out of the New World
Tabaco, Cotton, & Sugar Cane
What area in the Americas did Portugal get
Brazil
The massive death of the Indigenous people of the New Word due to European pathogens was famously known as what?
Great Dying
Type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes
astrolabe
Name for the network of trading that occurred across the Atlantic Ocean.
Triangular Trade
The British Empire formed what joint-stock company
British East India Trading Company
This was signed in 1494 between Spain & Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
Another name for the tip of Africa
Cape of Good Hope