Age of exploration
Challenges and achievements of European exploration
Effects of European exploration
Explorers
Vocabulary
Maps
100
Which motivation best describes the original European motivation that started the Age of Exploration?
find a faster route to Asia
100
Which challenge was the biggest problem for explorers trying to find the Northwest Passage?
cold weather and icy waters
100
What impact was responsible for killing almost 90% of the Native American population?
European diseases.
100
Who was the first to realize Americas were a new land, not Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
100
What technological achievement enabled explorers to make long journeys in less time?
caravel
100
What country explored the RED?
England
200
Europeans wanting to find new natural resources to make goods would fall under with factor?
(political, economical or religious)
Economic factor
200
Which statement best reflects the economic impact of European colonization on Native American people? (Select 2 correct answers)
A They lost valuable resources in their native lands.
B They gained more goods than they lost through trade.
C They gained power from the mercantilist system.
D They sometimes became forced labor resources.
A and D
200
To see a first hand account of an event, a historian would use a _____________?
Primary source
200
Who sailed for England and the Netherlands and claimed present day New York for the Netherlands?
Henry Hudson
200
If a historian wanted to study a source to analyze people's interpretation of the event he would use a ______________ source.
Secondary Source
200
What Country explored the YELLOW?
Netherlands
300
Europeans wanting to spread their power and influence would fall under with factor?
(political, economical or religious)
Political factor
300
What two groups voluntarily traded with each other including furs?
European
Native American
Russian
Indentured Servants/slaves
European
Native Americans
300
Who believed the land was meant to be shared and used among all members of the community. They did not believe one person owned a piece of land.
Native Americans
300
What French explorer explored Canada, claimed land for fur trade and made maps?
Jacques Cartier
300
What technological achievement helped sailors navigate ships during explorations with less risks?
Compass
300
What country explored the PURPLE?
France
400
Describe the relationship between England, France, and Spain in the 1500 and 1600s?
They were rivals or they were powerful
400
Why did the European powers send missionaries on their expeditions for exploration and colonization?
to convert Native American people to Christianity
400
European _____________ were far superior to those of Native Americans, which helped Europeans to conquer Native American people.
Weapons
400
Who was the first European explorer first to circumnavigate Earth?
Ferdinand Magellan
400
What technological achievement helped sailors measure time and distance by looking at the position of the sun and stars
Astrolabe
400
What country explored the GREEN?
Spain
500
Name one of England’s main motivations for exploring North America?
power and glory, new opportunities for the lower class or establishing the economic practice mercantilism
500
Why Europeans were cautious of exploring the New World?
They had poor tools for navigation or they had limited maps of the New World
500
Europeans brought new __________ to North America that changed the way Native Americans farmed, hunted, and fought.
technological advancements
500
What European explorer explored this area and what country sponsored his voyage?
Jacques Cartier, France (St. Lawrence River)
500
Historians usually studied multiple sources to prevent a opinion and to defend a position.
Biased
500
What European explorer explored this area and what country sponsored his voyage?
John Cabot, England (Newfoundland, Canada)