Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration!
ENL Skills 7

-Device that used stars to find latitude

-Helped sailors navigate at night

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​Astrolabe

Southern end of Africa


First reached by explorers from Portugal in 1488

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​Cape of Good Hope

Ship with triangular sails to sail against the wind

Ships could sail in any direction!

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Caravel

Arrived on an island in the Caribbean in 1492.

Explorer from Spain who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

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Christopher Columbus

Device with a special needle that always points NORTH

We think it was invented by the Chinese

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​Magnetic Compass

2 explorers from Portugal

First to find a sea route to Asia by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope

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Dias and Da Gama

1st European country to sponsor (pay for) exploration

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Portugal

1st Europeans to reach North America in the year 1000

They did not permanently settle in North American

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Vikings

Multiple Choice

What was an astrolabe?

• device used for navigation

• explorers from Portugal

• a ship with triangular sails

• the study of the stars

Multiple Choice

Where is the Cape of Good Hope?

• Portugal

• Southern end of Africa

• North America

• Norway

Multiple Choice

What is a caravel?

• a Viking ship

• a device used for navigation

• a ship with sails that could sail in any direction

• a type of compass

Multiple Choice

Who was Christopher Columbus?

• Christopher Columbus was an explorer who sailed to the Caribbean in 1492

• Christopher Columbus was a famous painter from Spain.
• Explorer from Portugal who sailed to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope

Multiple Choice

The first Europeans to reach North America in the year 1000...

• Vikings

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• Romans

Multiple Choice

Portuguese explorers who sailed around Africa to get to Asia

• Columbus & Smith

• Vegas & Caravel

• Dias and Da Gama

• Erikson & Green

Draw

Draw a caravel

Set 2

Exchange of goods, plants, animals, diseases, and humans between the Old World and the New World.

Started with Columbus' voyage in 1492

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​Columbian Exchange

Explorers who came to the Americas to conquer land and people for SPAIN.
Helped Spain create an empire in the Americas.

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Conquistador

Islands that are between Asia and

Australia in the Pacific Ocean

Where Columbus THOUGHT he

landed in 1492!

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East Indies

Reasons for European exploration:

GOD, GLORY, GOLD
БОЖЕ, СЛАВА, ЗОЛОТО

Spread Christianity, take over land

for power, find wealth/riches/$$$

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The 3 Gs

"New World"

Name Europeans used to refer to

the Americas (North and South)

Western hemisphere

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The New World

A water route through, or around,

North America that explorers

searched for

NEVER found!

Northwest Passage

"Old World"

Name Europeans used to refer to

Europe, Asia and Africa

Eastern hemisphere

Old World

West Indies

Islands in the Caribbean Sea

Where Columbus ACTUALLY landed in 1492

West Indies

Multiple Choice

What was the name that the Europeans used to for

the Americas (North and South)

• Old World
• New Continent
• Western Lands
• New World

Multiple Choice

Explorers who came to the Americas to conquer land and people for Spain

• Conquistadors
• Settlers
• Explorers
• Adventurers

Multiple Choice

Islands that lie between Asia and Australia in the Pacific Ocean

(Where Columbus THOUGHT he landed in 1492)

• New Zealand
• East Indies

• Hawaii
• West Indies

Multiple Choice

Reasons for European exploration were:

• God, Glory, Gold

• New farm lands

• To learn about new languages and cultures

• To start a war

Multiple Choice

Name Europeans used to refer to the Americas (North and South)

• the Old World
• the New World
• the Eastern Lands
• the Western Territories

Multiple Choice

A water route through, or around, North America that explorers searched for but never found

• Transcontinental Highway
• Southern Route
• Great Lakes Passage
• Northwest Passage

Multiple Choice

Name Europeans used to refer to Europe, Asia and Africa

(Eastern hemisphere)

• New World
• Western Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Old World

Multiple Choice

Islands in the Caribbean Sea.

Where Columbus ACTUALLY landed in 1492

• West Indies

• East Indies

• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico

Multiple Choice

Exchange of goods, plants, animals, diseases and humans between the Old World and New World.

Started with Columbus’ voyage in 1492

• Triangle Trade
• Age of Exploration
• Transatlantic Trade
• Columbian Exchange

Multiple Choice

Explorers who came to the Americas to conquer land and people for Spain

Helped Spain create an empire in the Americas

• Conquistadors
• Settlers
• Explorers
• Missionaries

Draw

Label the "NEW WORLD" and the "OLD WORLD"

Draw

Label the "EAST Indies" and the "WEST Indies"