Exploration Basics
This term means a person who travels to new places to learn about them.
Who is an Explorer?
These European workers forced Native peoples to labor for them during exploration.
Who were enslavers/European colonizers?
Europeans hoped to spread this religion to new lands.
what is Christianity?
This tool, used before GPS, helped explorers tell which direction they were traveling.
what is a compass?
This continent-wide name refers to North and South America together.
What is the Americas?
Europeans enslaved Native Americans mostly for this reason.
what is to make them work in mines
One reason for exploration was to find this valuable metal.
what is gold?
This tool helped sailors tell how far north or south they were from the equator.
What is an astrolabe?
A plant grown to sell for money, not just for food at home.
What is cash crops?
This scientist studies artifacts from long ago to learn about people from the past.
Who is an archaeologist?
Gold was important because it helped a country build wealth and make this stronger.
What is its power?
Flags were tools explorers used to do this when claiming land.
what is showing ownership for a country?
This time period began because Europeans wanted a faster trade route to Asia.
what is the age of exploration?
Archaeologists' work is important because it helps us learn this.
What is people who lived in the past?
These tools—maps—were important because they helped explorers do this on long sea voyages.
What is navigate?
Europeans hoped to find these three things: riches, new land, and a quicker way to this continent.
What is Asia?
Europeans planted these symbols to claim land for their countries.
What are flags?
This crop from the Americas became one of Europe’s most valuable goods.
What is tobacco?