Age Of Exploration

The New World Is the ______________(s)

• The Americas

• The world after WWII

• Europe, Asia, Africa.

• The best song in the movie Aladdin.

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure

• God, Glory, Gold

• God, Glory, Gallantry

• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

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If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

• A rhododendron

• An Oval

• A Square

• A Triangle

What is the Columbian Exhange?

• Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

• Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

• Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

• Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

A German mapmaker named the New World, "America" because of this famous explorer.

• John Cabot

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Hernan Cortez

• Christopher Columbus

This explorer was looking for a Northwest Passage to India while sailing for England, and he navigated the New England coastline of America.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• John Cabot

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

• Vasco De Gama

• John Cabot

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Black Beard

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba.

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Bartholomew Dias

• Francisco Pizarro

How many times did Columbus sail to the New World?

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four

What is an astrolabe? 

• A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. 
• A small, fast ship. 
• A tool that shows which direction is North. 
• None of the above.