The Expansion of Europe and Vikings
The Age of Exploration
What was the other name for the Age of Discovery?
Prince Henry the Navigator
What was Prince Henry known as?
Riches from Asia(spices, silk, technology) and to convert people to the Christian Faith
Why did the early Europeans explore?
An Italian sailor who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west
Who was Christopher Colombus?
The trade of animals, plants, diseases, culture, people, and ideas.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania
What places did European Explorers establish direct contact with?
Builds an observatory and a navigation school
What did Prince Henry build?
slave trade
What was the major result of Exploration?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Which king and queen from Spain funded Columbus’ expedition?
smallpox
What was one of the most devastating diseases the slaves brought with them?
Leif Erikson, an Icelandic Explorer
Who was considered by some as the first European to land in North America?
A device that allowed explorers to trac their location by charting the position of stars.
What is an astrolabe and what does it do?
Bartolomeu Dias
Who was asked by the Portuguese King to find a sea route to Asia and successfully sailed down to the coast of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope?
The Nina, The Pinta, The Santa Maria, the land San Salvador(Bahamas)
What were Columbus‘s 3 ships and where did he land?
Europe
Where did Columbus bring the resources he got?
The Longship was symmetrical, which allowed the Vikings to change direction easily. It had square sails and oars on both sides. It could sail in both shallow and deep water.
What was the Vikings both of choice and name 3 reasons why it was their boat of choice?
triangular sails that helped sail against the wind
What is a feature of the caravel?
Vasco da Gama, India
Who was the first explorer to make it to Asia by sea and where in Asia did he land?
Riches for Spain
What were King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella hoping Columbus would bring back to Spain?
European and African Slaves
What group of slaves brought diseases with them as they began to arrive in the New World?
The Vikings, Newfoundland
Which group of people were thought to be the first European explorers to arrive in what present province of Canada?
Portugal, exploration
Prince Henry was the prince of what country and was the leader of what?
West coast of Africa
Where did the Portuguese sailors trade for gold, ivory, and slaves?
3 more voyages, Asia
How many more voyages did Columbus make to America to look a for riches and resources, and Columbus died believing he was where?
The transfer of diseases
What trade between the Old World to the New World was a part of the Columbian Exchange?