Sailing Technology
Has a magnetic arrow that aligns itself with the Earth’s magnetic poles and can help ships go in the desired direction.
What is a magnetic compass?
First European to discover a sea route to America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Transfer of culture, plants, animals, technology, diseases, and ideas between Americas and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Poor maps and navigational tools, disease and starvation, fear of the unknown, and lack of adequate supplies.
What are obstacles to exploration?
A type of ship with rectangular sales which help to steer the ship, had a lot of room for cargo and can float in shallow water.
What is a caravel?
An English man that explored present day Newfoundland, an island off the eastern coast of Canada.
Who is John Cabot?
Wheat, coffee, bananas, goats, oranges, horses, melons, and cattle.
What are products brought to America from Europe?
A person who travels seeking new discoveries?
What is an explorer?
An oar which hangs off the back of the ship and controls the direction the ship is traveling, makes steering the ship easier.
What is a stern rudder?
This explorer was sponsored by the Dutch East India Company.
Who is Henry Hudson?
Tomatoes, pineapples, sweet potatoes, corn, and turkey.
What are products brought to Europe from America?
A person from one of the countries in Europe.
What is a European?
Two mirrors and a movable arm to precisely measure angles of the stars in the sky with a map to determine distance east or west from the prime meridian.
What is a sextant?
This explorer claimed land for France with the goal of colonizing the New World.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
Improvements in Europeans' diets and changes in Native Americans' hunting techniques.
What are the positive aspects of the Columbian Exchange?
Economic, religious, and competitions for empire.
What are motivations for exploration?
Measures the height of the stars in the sky, can help sailors find their latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
The three waterways named after Henry Hudson.
What are the Hudson River, the Hudson Bay, and the Hudson Strait?
The body's ability to resist and fight off a disease.
What is immunity?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
What are Christopher Columbus' ships?