Causes of the Age of Exploration
What motivated Europeans to find a water route to Asia?
What are two things that the Europeans had that the indigenous people in the Americas did not?
Iron, Gunpowder, Guns, Swords
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
The Age of exploration started on this continent
Europe
A small, fast ship that had a shallow bottom that allowed it to get close to shore and used a lateen sail
Caravel
The first country to launch large-scale voyages of exploration
Portugal
Why did world rulers serve as patrons for explorers during the Age of Exploration? (Why pay for your trip? What is in this for me?)
For money or economic growth
I am an explorer who set up a school for navigation
Prince Henry the Navigator
Where did Columbus think he landed?
India
This is another name for a Spanish Explorer/Soldier
conquistador
colony
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
I am the explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) was once home to this legendary group of warriors who ruled the seas 500 years before Columbus landed in the Americas
Vikings
What ocean did explorers have to cross to get to the "New World"
Atlantic Ocean
The navigational instrument that measured latitude by measuring the distance between the horizon and the sun or stars
Astrolabe
This animal was brought to North America as a result of the Columbian Exchange
Horses
I am the first explorer to reach India by sailing around the tip of Africa
Vasco de Gama
Who was the first European explorer to reach North America? (Hint: it is not Columbus)
Lief Ericson
1492
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to Asia
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Italy, Holland (The Netherlands)
Was Columbus the only explorer during the Age of Exploration that believed the world was round?
Why did Columbus think about the world at that time?
Contrary to popular belief, most people including Columbus agreed that the world was indeed, round, not flat. However, Columbus believed the world to be much smaller than it really is. Therefore, Columbus reasoned he would quickly wrap around to Asia if he sailed west.
North and South America are named after me
Amerigo Vespucci
Since the indigenous people were never exposed, they lacked immunity to these diseases.
Based on the passage we read in class from Columbus' journal, how did the Arawaks (natives living in the Caribbean) respond to the Columbus and his men when they landed ashore?
How did Columbus view the natives?
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