Age of Exploration

For what three reasons did nations find exploration so appealing

• Glory• God• Gold

What Spanish conquistador settled in Central America

• Hernan Cortes

Who was ruler of the Aztec’s when Cortes arrived in Central America?

• Montezuma

Who was the first explorer to circle the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

What Portuguese explorer found an Eastern route to India?

• Vasco da Gama

What two Italian explorers had great impact on establishing

America.

• John Cabot• Amerigo Vespucci

Which explorer thought he found a Western passage to India.

• Christopher Columbus

What was the exchange of plants and animals between Europe and

the Americas

• Columbian Exchange

What is the trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and the

Americas.

• Triangular Trade

What was the passage from America to Africa called?

• Middle Passage

What unwelcome guest did explorers bring to their new

colonies?

• Disease

What new type of ship made exploration faster?

• Caravel

What new art/science of map making helped with navigation?

• Cartography

What invention came from China that made navigation easier.

• Magnetic Compass

What theory says that the prosperity of a nation depends on the amount of

gold/silver it brings in?

• Mercantilism

What is a settlement of a people in a new area, but with political and economic ties

to a “parent nation” called?

• Colony

What is the name for a large agricultural estate?

• Plantation

What religion were natives of new colonies often forced to convert to?

• Christianity / Catholicism