Explorers
Explorers- Who am I?
Explorers- Who am I?
Created the School of Navigation and inspired the Age of Exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
What was the Age of Exploration?
Time of great discovery! Europeans explored land and sea.
Why did explorers use a caravel to travel with?
Because it could move fast, was very maneuverable (easy to turn and direct).
This is the place that European Explorers were trying to get to when they discovered America
Asia
Name one positive & one negative impact of the Columbian Exchange.
Positive: Connected the world through trade.
Negative: Diseases
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
What was the journey to the New World like?
Challenging, dangerous, not very clean, cramped, people died from diseases.
Name one piece of navigational technology that could determine latitude.
Astrolabe, sextant, cross-staff.
This is a tool that utilized magnetic fields that sailors used to determine the direction they were facing - North, South, East or West.
Compass
The Age of exploration occurred because explorers were looking for the three G's, these were..
Gold, Glory, God
This explorer was searching for the Fountain of Youth. He was the first European to find Florida.
Juan Ponce De Leon
Name two ways Explorers could go on an expedition?
1. Royal Sponsorship
2. School of Navigation
The study and practice of making maps.
Cartography.
Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?
He thought he landed in India.
Tomatoes, corn, peanuts, squash, potatoes, cocoa beans, pumpkins, lima beans, turkey, pineapple, vanilla, sweet potatoes, papayas, avocados, chili peppers, strawberries, bell peppers, kidney beans.
The first European to reach the Americas (and inspired many more explorations of the land)
Christopher Columbus
This event had a great impact on our world today. It was a turning point in the world that marked the beginning of spreading crops, goods, animals, and new ideas all over the world.
Columbian Exchange
What did a chip log measure?
Speed.
Group of Europeans who reached America about 500 years before Columbus
Vikings
What did explorers bring to the New World (Columbian Exchange)?
Lemons, pigs, chicken, cows, grain, oranges, horses, coffee beans, bananas, onions, sugar, grapes, honeybees, pears, peaches, cabbage, lettuce, olives, rice, smallpox, influenza, typhus, malaria, diphtheria, whooping cough.
Was the first to realize that the land explored by Columbus was not India, but rather it was a whole new continent.
Amerigo Vespucci
What was the Northwest Passage?
Popular idea that there was a passage west through the Arctic Ocean north of North America.
What is the idea of Mercantilism?
There is a limited amount of wealth in the world, so each country did its best to make sure it had more wealth than any other country.
What year did Columbus sail?
1492
How did the Age of Exploration impact Native Americans both positively & negatively?
Positively: introduced them to many new food groups, animals, weapons, tools, and ideas.
Negatively: Millions died from diseases, it also led to the loss of their land.