Explorers
This explorer reached America in 1492.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Europeans wanted a direct sea route to Asia to buy these valuable goods.
What were spices?
This instrument helped sailors find direction using Earth's magnetic field.
What is a compass?
The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and America is called this.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
What was your favorite unit from class this year
student answer
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
The spread of this religion was one reason for exploration.
What is Christianity?
This type of ship used by the Portuguese was fast and easy to maneuver.
: What is a caravel?
Spain gained great wealth from this precious metal found in the Americas.
What is silver?
Who was the first president of the United States
George Washington
This explorer led the expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of Earth.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
The Ottoman control of eastern trade routes encouraged Europeans to find these.
What were new trade routes?
This instrument was used to measure the position of stars and help determine latitude.
What is an astrolabe?
Many indigenous peoples died because of these brought by Europeans.
What are diseases?
What continent lies in all 4 hemispheres
Africa
This explorer claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500.
Who was Pedro Álvares Cabral?
European monarchs supported voyages partly to increase their national wealth and power, known as this goal.
What is gaining prestige/power (or national wealth)?
This line on a map separates the world into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This 1494 agreement divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What state is Emma from
New Hampshire
Although he sailed for Spain, this explorer was originally from Genoa.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
This economic idea encouraged countries to accumulate gold and control trade.
What is mercantilism?
Portuguese sailors used knowledge of these seasonal winds to travel across the Indian Ocean.
What are monsoon winds?
This empire conquered large territories in present-day Mexico before being defeated by the Spanish.
What was the Aztec Empire?
I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and forests but no trees. What am I?
A map