The Age of Exploration

Accidentally discovered the Americas while looking for a westward passage to Asia.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco da Gama

The science of mapmaking.

• Cartography

• Geography

• Capitalism

• Crptography

To sail or travel all the way around the world.

• Circumvent

• Conservation

• Celonavigation

• Circumnavigate

The mightiest naval fleet of the day (130 ships), but was defeated by the smaller English navy in 1588.

• Spanish Conquest

• Spanish Armada

• Spanish Inquisition

• Spanish Conquistadors

The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, the Old World, and West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Columbian Interchange

• Columbian Currency

• Columbian Exchange

• Columbian Cartel

The first European explorer to reach India by sea. He accomplished this by sailing around the southern tip of Africa.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

A Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

• Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

The most successful pirate in history, who was secretly supported by Queen Elizabeth I to steal gold and silver from Spanish galleons.

• Henry the Navigator

• Vasco da Gama

• Hernan Cortes

• Francis Drake

The difference between a country's imports and exports.

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Fascism

• Balance of Trade

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

• Capitalism

• Communism

• Fascism

• Socialism