Column 1
What hemisphere is the New World?
Western
What hemisphere is the Old World?
Eastern
Which explorer tried to discover the Fountain of Youth?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Which explorer found the Hudson Bay?
Henry Hudson
Which explorer was the continent of North and South America named after?
What was the main reason for exploration?
To find a water route to Asia
What are the 3 G's reasons for exploration?
Glory
God
Gold
Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?
Hernan Cortes
Which explorer landed in the Americas making four trips between the Old and New world?
Christopher Columbus
Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What time period in history was the Age of Exploration?
1400-1600
Which country was the European leader in exploration during the Age of Exploration?
Portugal
Which explorer conquered the Inca Empire?
Francisco Pizarro
Which explorer found the Great Lakes?
Samuel de Champlain
Which explorer sailed around the tip of Africa to India completing the eastern sea route to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
The Bering Strait land bridge connected what two continents?
Asia and North America
What two major mountain ranges made up the early migration routes in the New World?
Rocky Mountains
Andes Mountains
Which explorer founded the English colonies?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Which explorer sailed around the tip of Africa naming it the Cape of Storms?
Bartolomeu Dias
Which explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
What are the two goals for hunter gatherers?
What is the one reason civilizations began?
What are the two benefits of a civilization?
Goals Food and Survive
Reason Agriculture or Farming
Benefits Population Growth and Specialization
What are the four first civilizations?
What is each ones famous fact?
Olmec - Stone Heads
Maya - Astronomy, Hieroglyphics, or Calendar
Inca - Stone Empire or Rope Bridges
Aztec - Warfare
What are two of the effects of the Age of Exploration?
Colonization
Globalization
Columbian Exchange
What is the definition for the Columbian Exchange?
widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, disease and ideas between hemispheres
What are 3 advantages the Spanish conquistadors had over the Native Americas? Also, what was the most devastating advantage to the Natives?
- treated like gods
- kill leaders
- better weapons and armor
- horses and dogs
- alliances with enemies
major advantage - diseases