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Columbian Exchange
Cause/Effect of Sea Exploration
Columbus' Challenges and Accomplishments
Columbus' Goals and Motivations
Technology and Spices
100
What is the disease that was brought from Europe and killed huge numbers of Native Americans?
smallpox
100
The formation of these led by kings and queens made sea exploration easier to pay for.
countries, nations
100
Columbus believed this about the world which affected his voyages.
It was smaller
100
Columbus wanted to prove you could said in this direction to get to Asia.
west
100
This tool measured the height of the sun or a star above sea level.
astrolabe
200
This was the result in Europe of food crops like corn and potatoes being brought there.
population boom
200
The desire for these motivated explorers to find a better route to Asia.
riches - silk, spices, pottery, jewels
200
Columbus made this many voyages to the New World.
4
200
Columbus wanted to spread this in new lands.
Christian religion
200
Europeans used spices to season and preserve these.
meats
300
This crop was brought to America and led to Africans being enslaved to work on plantations.
sugarcane
300
These were begun in America as a result of exploration.
colonies
300
Columbus did not have any of these to refer to when he was exploring.
maps
300
Columbus wanted to claim this for Spain.
land
300
This tool always points to the north.
compass
400
These are the three types of things moved in the Columbian Exchange.
plants, animals, people
400
Developments in science and this improved navigation and made sea exploration possible.
political developments
400
Columbus claimed land for this country in the New World.
Spain
400
Columbus wanted to find riches like this in the New World.
gold
400
This was long, dangerous, and resulted in higher prices for spices.
overland trade system
500
These are the four continents involved in the Columbian Exchange.
Europe, Asia, Africa, America
500
As a result of sea exploration many of these died of disease or were enslaved.
Native Americans
500
People did not take these of Columbus seriously and they ran out of these on the voyage.
ideas, food, and water
500
Columbus wanted to gain this for himself on his voyages.
personal wealth
500
Spices were believed to have this.
medicinal value