Age of Exploration Causes
First country to start the exploration
What is Portugal?
Europeans brought back...... from India
Spices
I am an explorer for Spain who searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended up in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Who is 'Christopher Columbus'?
The Age of exploration started on this continent
Europe
What was the Middle Passage
brutal and deadly journey enslaved Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic
This was a navigational tool used by sailors to determine their latitude at sea by measuring the angle between the horizon and the North Star or the sun.
What is an Astrolabe?
A large outbreak of disease affecting many people
epidemic
Were horses from the New World or Old World?
Old World
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"
Atlantic Ocean
Major cause of Age of Exploration
What is to find a trade Route to Asia/India?
This was named after Spanish explorer, and is the exchange plants, animals, culture, people, technology, DISEASES, and ideas between the new world, and the Old World .
What is the Colombian exchange?
First to sail directly fro Europe to Asia
Vasco da Gama
This country was able to set up the most colonies over in the New World
What is 'Spain'?
What country started the slave trade in Africa
Portugal
This group was technically the first to arrive in North America, even before Columbus
The Vikings.
A Spanish or Portuguese conqueror in Americas
Conquistador
Conquered the Aztec
Hernan Cortes
How many ships set sail with Christopher Columbus?
Three
What new type of ship did the explorers use to travel far distances?
Caravel
The motivations or reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration
To find gold, explore (find new trade routes) and spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)
A tool that helped explorers travel by knowing the directions north, south, east, and west
compass
Led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world, but was killed by the Philippines in battle.
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus first landed here
Caribbean
Instrument used by sailors to measure position of stars and figure out their latitude.
What is the astrolabe
The trade routes between Africa, Europe and the Americas during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Hint:What shape does it make
Triangular Trade
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
colony
The name of the Viking who is thought to be the first European to set foot on the Americas a millennium before Christopher Columbus
Leif Erikson
Erik the red discovered and named this land what
greenland
Why was Portugal a good place to start sea exploration. Give at least 2 reasons
strong navy and skilled sailors, surrounded by the ocean, leaders supported the voyages
Why did Portugal need to find a sea route to Asia
Land routes were dangerous
Name given to a person who actually draws or produces maps
Who is a 'cartographer'?
Aztecs location/ where Tenochtitlan is located
Mexico
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail?
1492
Who was the navigator known for founding a school that taught explorers how to sail.
Prince Henry the Navigator