Scientific improvements from this era helped encourage exploration
What is the Renaissance?
100
The tip of Africa is known as this.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
100
The country I sailed for
What is Spain?
100
The country that I sailed for
What is Spain?
100
The place where Europeans brought slaves from into the New World
What is Africa?
200
The European national states had much _________________ which helped to fund new explorations.
What is wealth?
200
This Portuguese explorer was the first to reach the Cape of Good Hope, but did not go any further than that before he turned back.
Who is Batholomew Diaz?
200
My hometown (be specific!)
What is Genoa, Italy?
200
The country where I was from
What is Portugal?
200
Name 3 items that were brought back to Europe from Asia and the New World.
What is gold, silver, spices, quinine, potatoes, corn, chocolate, tobacco, cane sugar?
300
The Europeans primarily wanted to do this with the East. This helped the Europeans acquire things like spices, gold, silver, gems, etc.
What is trade?
300
He was the first Portuguese explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach the East.
Who is Vasco de Gama?
300
The King and Queen who financed my trip.
Who are Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand?
300
The place where I was killed--some of men made it back to Europe, but not me :-(
What are the Philippine Islands?
300
This was fought between the French and British in North America
What is the French and Indian War?
400
The invention of this new piece of equipment which measured latitude made navigating easier.
What is the astrolabe?
400
de Gama wanted to convert the natives to this
What is Christianity?
400
I planned to reach the East by sailing across this ocean
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
I did this around the whole world...and I was the first person to do so!
What is circumnavigate?
400
This treaty was signed as a result of the fighting between England and France. It insured that France would stay away from India and Great Britain acquired much French land.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This man reported back to Europe with the tales of his adventures in the Far East before any other Europeans began to set sail and explore that way. (Hint: He is from Italy.)
Who is Marco Polo?
500
I returned from the East with cargo worth 60 times more than my trip.
Who is de Gama?
500
Although I was the "first" to discover the New World, it was named in his honor.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
500
The year that my journey began.
What is 1519?
500
The economic system that nations must attract the most amount of gold & silver, export more than it imports, increase exports and restrict colonial manufacturing?