Geography
Most voyages of the exploration to the New World originated from what European countries?
Portugal, Spain, England, and France
What are the three reasons that Europeans explored the New World?
God, Gold, and Glory
What is a magnetic compass?
Navigational instrument for finding directions
The Old World refers to Europe, Africa, and Asia.
While the New world refers to
The Americas
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Plants, animals, ideas, and diseases were shared between the Old World and New World
The Triangular Trade Route traveled primarily over which ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the role of the mother country?
European countries provided money for exploration and colonization
Which crop was most important to the colonists?
Rice
Apple, pears, oranges, and grapes were known as what?
Old World crops
What is the name given to the part of the passage in the Triangular Trade that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and the Americans to be sold into Slavery?
Which colonies had an agricultural industry that had rice, tobacco, and indigo?
Southern
What was the role of the colony in mercantilism?
Loyal to the Mother Country and would send back good and money
What were the three main reasons that timber was used in North America?
-Build settlements
-Used to build ships
-Export back to England
Corn, tomato, potato, and peppers are known as what?
New World crops
What is a cartographer?
A mapmaker
What country was Christopher Columbus born in?
What was the biggest impact that allowed Europeans to explore the New World?
Better navigation tools
What is a caravel?
A type of ship that changed travel on open seas. It had triangular sails, a rudder for steering, and the ability to store cargo
Wheat, barleys, rye, and rice are known as what?
Old world grain
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
A navigator who realized the Americas were not part of Asia
What country did Christopher Columbus sail for?
Spain
Why were explorers looking for a new way to Asia and India?
Part of the route was being run by the Ottoman Empire and there was a lot of conflict. (Unsafe)
What is an astrolabe?
Tools used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and sun
Smallpox, Influenza, Measles, and Whooping Cough
Old World diseases
To send goods out
Describe 3 challenges that a sailor could face on a voyage of exploration
- Food shortages
-Sickness
-Mutiny
-Bad weather
-Getting lost
What is a cartographer?
A mapmaker
Which of the following was NOT an old world crop
Smallpox, Apples, potato, grapes, rye, and ride
potato
Define the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Trading of slaves from Africa to America across the Atlantic Ocean (Europe, Africa, Americas)