Vocabulary
A territory that is controlled by a stronger country.
Colony
Which country sent explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa to claim land in the Western Hemisphere?
Spain
European exploration increased after China closed the ?
Silk Roads
True or False: Sir Walter Raleigh named an English colony Virginia after the Queen of England.
True
Europeans used the phrase "God, Gold, and what?" as they conquered the Americas.
Glory
The act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, and/or things.
Exploration
For which country did Bartolomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama make the first successful all-water routes to Asia by going around Africa.
Portugal
This was the main reason or motive for European exploration.
Find new trade routes to Asia
Name the last of the three explorers who sailed under the French flag (Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, and ?)
Samuel de Champlain
What was the name of the difficult and forced voyage of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean called?
Middle Passage
A Spanish explorer and conqueror.
Conquistador
From which country did conquistadors like Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro take down powerful empires like the Aztecs and Incas?
Spain
Which one of these was NOT a tool or technology used during the Age of Exploration.
Compass, Steam Engine, Astrolabe, or Caravel
Steam Engine
This English explorer helped to claim territory for the Netherlands that extended from New Jersey to New York to Connecticut.
Henry Hudson
Give one example of technological advancements made during European exploration.
Navigation tools, shipbuilding, or cartography (map-making skills)
A Transatlantic trade system of goods to and from the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Columbian Exchange
True or False: Vasco da Gama made the first successful all-water route to India from Europe.
True
Prior to being called the Americas, Europeans nicknamed the Western Hemisphere this?
The New World
This country had a powerful trading port called the Dutch East India Company.
The Netherlands
Give one example of a negative effect of European exploration.
Disease, conquering of indigenous groups, slavery
European explorers looked for this, which was a different way to get to Asia by sailing through the Arctic Ocean.
Northwest Passage
What present-day country did Pedro Cabral discover?
Brazil
How did the advances in cartography (map making) lead to European exploration?
Better maps made navigation easier
This nation acquired most of their wealth from the fur trade in Canada.
France
In your opinion, which European nation(s) made the most impact in the Age of Exploration?
Sample answer: Portugal because they were the first to "map" a trade route to Asia and colonized Portugal OR Spain because Columbus ignited future endeavors and created immense wealth for Spain through the conquering of the Mesoamerican empires.