Age of Exploration Vocab

The monarchy of Spain agreed to finance Columbus' maiden voyage to the New World.

• Prince Henry & Phillipa

• Queen Isabella & King Ferdinand

• Henry VIII

• Francis I

• Charles V

New scientific machines or equipment that make life/chores easier.

• physiology

• psychology

• technology

• etymology

To sail or travel all the way around is __________

• detour

• compass

• circus

• circumnavigate

To resist a particular disease

• defenseless

• immunity

• vulnerable

• capable of catching

An instrument that points to the magnetic north.

• circumnavigate

• compass

• astrolabe

• quadrant

This word means conqueror; it is used specifically for the Spanish conquerors of Latin America & the Caribbean.

• compass

• conquistador

• circumnavigate

• cannibal

The three ships of Christopher Columbus were __________

• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

• Nina, Pinta, La Quinta

• Larry, Joe, Moe

• Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup

This was widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Europe.

• Cultural Exchange

• Columbian Coffee

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade

Italian explorer & navigator; the New World was named after him

• Amerigo Vespucci

• America Ferrera

• America Young

• America Sierra

"In 1492, he sailed the ocean blue." He was the Italian explorer, financed by Spain, who ventured into the Americas.

• Henry Hudson

• Christopher Columbus

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Champlain