What is money (gold/silver), to claim land, and to spread Christianity?
200
Sailed small ships across large oceans that few had crossed before to search lands unknown to them.
What is explorers?
200
rock or earth from which metal can be taken
What is ore?
200
A navigational tool that allowed explorers to measure the latitude of their ship by measuring the angle of the star above the horizon.
What is an astrolabe?
200
A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale to other people.
What is a cash crop?
200
The new technology that encouraged exploration.
What is astrolabes and compasses?
300
The name of the Americas during the Age of Exploration.
What is the New World?
300
Explorers took this with them because it contains the stories and teachings of their faith.
What is the Bible?
300
This tool has a magnetic needle balanced on a small metal post; the needle's point is attracted by the powerful magnetic field that lines up near the north pole.
What is a compass?
300
Foods found in the New World.
What is corn, tomatoes, and pineapples?
300
The products discovered/improved from exploration.
What is food, tobacco, and maps?
400
scientists who study human artifacts to learn about past cultures
What are archeologists?
400
A symbol of the power of countries and rulers.
What is a flag?
400
What an astrolabe tells an explorer.
What is were they are compared to the equator?
400
These became more accurate during the age of exploration.
What are maps?
400
The two first countries to embrace exploration?
What is Portugal and Spain?
500
Book that gave Europeans interest in traveling.
What is the Adventures of Marco Polo?
500
European Christians belonged to one of these two churches.
What is the Roman Catholic Church or a Protestant Church?
500
What a compass tells an explorer.
What direction is north?
500
Illustrations sometimes found on 16th century maps.