Causes of the Age of Exploration
The three causes for exploration
God, Gold, and Glory
Killed around 90% of the native populations of the Americas
Disease or Virgin Soil Epidemics
I am an explorer for Spain who searched for a shorter route to Asia and accidentally ended up in the Americas calling the Natives "Indians"
Christopher Columbus
The Age of Exploration started in this continent
Europe
The 3 largest civilizations in the Americas before the conquest.
The Maya, the Aztec, and the Inca
First European country to make it to the new world
Spain
The civilization conquered in Mexico by Hernan Cortez
The Aztec
I am used for navigation and tell directions
The compass
Where Columbus believed he had landed
India (Asia)
The Mayan or Aztec god of rain
Tlaloc or Chaac
Explorers wanted to spread this to Native Americans. If they refused to convert, they could be killed.
Christianity
Word for sailing around the world
circumnavigating
I am used for navigation using the positions of the stars and the horizon
The astrolabe
European explorers had to cross this ocean to get to the New World
The Atlantic
Path over land from Europe to Asia. It was dangerous, long, and many diseases were spread using it. It was traveled by foot using a pack animal (horse, donkey, camel, etc). Europeans and Asians wanted to find an easier sea routes instead.
The Silk Road
Looking for fame and wanting things named after you. Power for your country. One of the 3Gs
Glory
The three-legged route that forcibly brought millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas. It flowed to and from three general areas on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. The three areas were Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
This type of ship allowed for faster speed and deeper cargo holds.
The caravel
Largest Native American Empire of the Meso-American societies. Located in South America through the Andes Mountains.
The Inca
Name at least 3 items take to Europe from the Americas by the Columbian Exchange
corn, chocolate, vanilla, turkeys, peanuts, potatoes, tomatoes, chilies, pumpkins, pineapples, tobacco
Name 3 European countries that competed to secure a sea route to America
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Holland
An exchange of plants, animals, ideas and diseases between the Old World and New World
Columbian Exchange
An Italian explorer who realized Columbus did not reach India, but a new land. Two continents are named after him today.
Amerigo Vespucci
This city was the largest in Mesoamerica, located in modern day Mexico city, and had floating gardens called chinampas
Tenochtitlan
Name at least 3 items brought over to the Americas from Europe by the Columbian Exchange.
Horses, cows, sheep, coffee, bananas, mosquitoes, diseases, onions, grapes, wheat, lemons, olives, etc.