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100

Name the explorer that sailed into the Bahama Islands in 1492 on three ships while thinking he landed on the shores of the country of India.

Christopher Columbus

100
What wast the period of time called that officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. This period is thought of as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes. In addition, some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world.
What is The Age of Exploration or known as The Age of Discovery.
100
Many explorers were looking for ____________, a passageway through North America to get to Asia more quickly (it doesn't really exist)

What is the Northwest Passage

100
List three products that were e​xported ​to the “Old World”.
What is (answers will vary)
100
How did the vikings travel and what lands did they find?
What is...What is.....the Vikings traveled by boat as being fierce seafarers and discovered lands today known as the country of Canada (Nova Scotia/Newfoundland)
200

A Portuguese navigator, he commanded an expedition that was the first to travel all the way around the world (1480-1521)

Ferdinand Magellan

200

the term for the exchange of animals, plants, disease, and culture / ideas that took place between the "New World" and "Old World"

What is the Columbian Exchange

200

What were the three main motivations for European exploration? This was also known as the "3 G's"

What is .... 1. Glory (Fame and developing strong reputation) 2 Gold (trade routes to Asia and to become wealthy) 3. God (to spread Christianity)

200

List three products that were imported into the "New World".

What is (answers will vary)

200

What invention in 1440 helped start the Age of Exploration? 

the printing press

300

an English explorer, he mapped much of the northeast coast while looking for a Northwest Passage

Henry Hudson

300
The period of time known for discovery and exploration of new continents, the decline of the feudalism, the invention of the mariner's compass, and the invention or application of such potentially powerful innovations as paper and the printing press.
What is the Renaissance
300

Why did Columbus call the people he had encountered Indians?

 he thought he reached the East Indies (India area)

300

What religion was Spain trying to spread to the Native Americans?

Catholicism 

300

What are some of the new technologies that explorers were using in the 1500s?

Compasses, astrolabe, new maps, new ships

400

a Spanish conquistador, he was responsible for the fall of the Aztec Empire, and colonized a lot of land for New Spain

Hernan Cortes

400

this Italian-born explorer was working for England when he became the first European since the Vikings to explore North America

Who is John Cabot

400

The system of trade from the Americas, to Europe, to Africa, to the Americas, is known as...

the Triangular Trade System

400

What was the deadliest thing brought to the Americas?

Diseases

400

A person who makes maps is called a...

Cartographer

500

the found of Quebec City, he established New France in the area that is now Canada

Samuel de Champlain

500

Explain two negative effects of the Columbian Exchange.

What is... 1. slavery 2. Spread of Diseases to the New World.

500

Jacques Cartier established a good trading relationship between France and these Native Americans

the Iroquois

500
Explain two positive effects of the Columbian Exchange on the entire world.
What is.....New ideas and products being exchanged between various parts of the world, etc.
500

Explain what "economy" means

the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.