Age of Exploration

The all water route through North America to Asia, that explorers hope to find was called...?

• North Passage

• Columbian Exchange

• Northwest Passage

• Southeast Passage

Hernando de Soto is known for

• Discovering Florida

• Proving Columbus wrong

• Finding Gold in New Spain

• First European to see the Mississippi River

There items were brought to the New World through the Columbian Exchange

• Sugar

• Horses

• Chocolate

• Citrus Fruits

• Squash

How did explorers attempt to gain Gold (part of the 3 G's)

What was the Age of Exploration?

• A time of great discovery, when they learned more about the world.

• the route Marco Polo took to Asia

• A time where people learned to sail and tried to learn as much as they good about the ocean,

• An exchange of good between Europe and the New World

Samuel de Champlain was known for

• discovering Florida

• sailing around the world

• founding the city of Quebec

• 1st to see the Grand Canyon

How did Marco Polo 's book affect the Age of Exploration?

• Admiral Zheng He sailed to Africa’s East Coast

• They became more interested in travel to Asia and exploration

• Christopher Columbus set sail

• It had no affect, no one read it.

What does "God" mean to explorers, why did ti motivate explorers?

• to spread religion

• to make money

• new trade routes

• to be famous

What was Vasco Nunez de Balboa known for?

• defeated the Aztecs

• First to reach the Caribbean and inspire others to explore

• First to cross Panama and see the Pacific Ocean

• Found New York City

What was the Columbian exchange?

• The trading of goods between explorers

• The trades that were made between Christopher Columbus and the natives that he first met in the New World

• The way people traded

• The spread of crops, goods, ideas, and animals all over the world.