Vocabulary
What do we call the state of being set apart or cut off?
isolation
Who was Henry Hudson's
Two reasons why the weather would present a challenge to explorers
Storms could cause heavy waves and blow ships off route
Bitter cold temperature would cause frostbite
Spanish conquerors who fought and destroyed several Native American empires
Who were Conquistadors
A Mapmaker
What is a cartographer?
He was the first European explorer to arrive in the Americas (Indies) whose journeys were funded by the King and Queen of Spain.
Who was Christopher Columbus
Why did explorers not have enough food?
There was no way to keep food fresh on ships so the food would spoil.
It was a massive transfer of goods (fruits, vegetables, animals, and plants) between the East and West
What was the Columbian Exchange?
A reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300's to the 1600's.
What is the Renaissance?
A Portuguese explorer, he was the first explorer to set sail around the world.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
A waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
What was the Northwest Passage?
When crew members turned against their captains they would create a mutiny. Why would crew members turn against their captains?
Because they were tired, hungry, cold, sick and desperate
Why did so many Native Americans contract diseases when the explorers arrived?
Because Native Americans were never exposed to the germs that Europeans had and therefore their immunity systems could not fight them off and they became sick.
An instrument used to calculate the positions of the sun, moon, and stars
What is an astrolabe?
This navigator organized many expeditions but never went on any of them. He set up a school of navigation.
Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?
Why did the explorers try to find a water route to Asia?
What was to make trade with Asia faster and more economical?
Because explorers lived in very close quarters with each other and they didn't have good sanitation this disease spread quickly.
What was Smallpox?
The first people to be enslaved in West Africa before the Muslim Arabs arrived
Who were criminals or people captured in war?
Explorers used this kind of ship because it used square or triangular sails to travel long distances quickly.
A caravel
He was one of the first Europeans to sail around the tip of Africa.
Who was Bartolomeu Dias?
Why would Kings and Queens pay explorers to go on expeditions?
They were hoping the explorers would gain wealth and land for their country
Why didn't explorers have accurate maps?
Because they had never been to all of the parts of the earth, so they didn't know what it really looked like.
Name one motive for European exploration.
What was to increase wealth (gold) to spread Christianity (God) to expand empires (glory)