Causes of the Age of Exploration
This phrase summarizes the three primary motivations for European exploration.
Gold, God, and Glory
Conquered the Incas of South America for Spain.
Francisco Pizzaro
This explorer, sailing for Spain, completed the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This French explorer explored the St. Lawrence River and laid the foundation for French claims in Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
Which group(s) of people were often enslaved during the Age of Exploration?
Native Americans & Africans
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration.
Portugal
Among the most famous of all explorers, known for his feat of circumnavigating the globe in the 16th century, although he died before it was complete.
Ferdinand Magellan
This explorer landed in the Caribbean in 1492, believing he had reached Asia.
Christopher Columbus?
This Spanish conquistador defeated the Aztec Empire and claimed Mexico for Spain.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
Which of the following would accurately describe why Europeans were trying to find an alternative route to Asia?
The Ottoman Empire had cut off the Silk Road to Europeans
How did the Renaissance contribute to the Age of Exploration?
By awakening a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe
What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the Age of Exploration?
Most died due to foreign diseases.
This individual founded Quebec and made fur trading possible.
Samuel Champlain
This explorer charted the coast of South America and realized it was a new continent, not Asia.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
A small, highly maneuverable sailing ship, which utilized both square and triangular sails, developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean.
Caravel
What was the main navigation instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars?
Astrolabe
The swapping of ideas, food stuff and products, both helpful and harmful, between the Old World of Europe and the New World of the Americas was known as the _______.
The Columbian Exhange
He sailed for England and claimed land in present-day Canada, believing it was Asia.
Who is John Cabot?
Who started a school for navigation and sponsored 50 voyages although he never explored himself.
Prince Henry the Navigator?
Monarchs funded voyages to achieve wealth through this economic policy, which emphasized exporting more than importing.
What is mercantilism?
The ultimate goal of the earliest European explorers was to:
find a water route to Asia and the Spice Islands
Portuguese explorer who was the first European to travel to Calcutta, India via ship.
Vasco da Gama
This Portuguese explorer was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the route to India.
Who is Bartolomeu Dias?
Chinese admiral that led the Treasure Fleet in the early 15th century.
Zheng He
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, etc.