Age of Exploration Review

Causes of the Age of Exploration

100

The three major reasons for Europeans to explore during the Age of Exploration

To find gold and riches, explore and claim new lands, and spread Christianity. (Gold, God, Glory)

200

The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration

Portugal

300

A land claim that is settled by a country in a foreign land

colony 

400

The navigational instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars 

Astrolabe

500

Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia

 Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, Holland (The Netherlands) 

Effects of the Age of Exploration

100

Trading of slaves from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean

The Transatlantic Slave trade 

200

What exchange did Christopher Columbus spark that included the trade of ideas, animals, people, and diseases?

The Columbian Exhange

300

What happened to the Native population of North and South America as a result of the Age of Exploration?

Most died due to foreign diseases/ small pox 

400

This animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange

Horses

500

What are 2 effects the Columbian Exchange had on Europe?

economic growth, spread of languages, spread of Christianity, new ideas, spread of trade

Age of Exploration explorers

100

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"

 Christopher Columbus

200

I am a Portuguese explorer who set up a school for navigation

Prince Henry the Navigator

300

I am the explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the world

Ferdinand Magellan

400

I am the first explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa

Vasco de Gama

500

Explain what mercantilism is. 

A type of economy based on trade. 

Age of Exploration places

100

The Age of exploration started on this continent 

Europe 

200

Where did Columbus think he landed?

India

300

The continent most enslaved people were taken from 

Africa

400

Most African slaves were sent this country

Brazil

500

What goods were exchanged in the Triangle Trade?

Slaves, guns, 

Age of Exploration misc

100

A small, fast ship that had a shallow bottom that allowed it to get close to shore and used a lateen sail

Caravel 

200

This is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier

conquistador

300

What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"

Atlantic Ocean

400

Columbus discovered America in _________

1492 

500

Explain how religion was able to spread to the Americas and Asia through exploration. 

Answers vary.