Vocabulary
This means buying and selling things.
What is Trade?
What are the "Three G's"?
What is Gold, God, Glory?
Explorers sometimes had this problem when they ran out of food and supplies.
What were not enough supplies?
This explorer sailed for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean while seeking Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
A tool that shows directions and points NORTH.
What is a compass?
This type of factor involves money or resources.
What is economic factor?
This luxury good was used to flavor and preserve food and hide spoiled tastes.
What are spices?
This challenge made traveling across the ocean dangerous and difficult.
What is limited maps?
This person recognized the Americas as a "New World."
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
The making of MAPS.
What is Cartography?
A ship used for exploration was called...
What is a caravel?
This disease killed millions of people in Europe.
What was poor navigation?
This explorer led an expedition beginning in Spain towards the Spice Islands.
The ability to resist a disease.
What is immunity?
This tool helped sailors find their position.
What is an astrolabe?
This term refers to places where Europeans hoped to find religious freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This challenge could make sailors very sick during long voyages.
What is disease?
This explorer explored northern North America and faced cold and ice.
Who is John Cabot?
A hoped-for-water route through North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This system describes when a country sells more than it buys.
What is mercantilism?
This exchange involved plants, animals, diseases, people, and goods moving between hemispheres.
What is Columbian Exchange?
Name ONE weather-related challenge explorers faced.
What is cold weather or icy waters?
This person supported exploration, navigation, and cartography.
Who is Prince Henry of Portugal?
To settle and take control of a place.
What is colonize?