Age of Exploration

This explorer who was searching for a faster path to Asia and landed in the islands in the America’s.  He is credited for finding the new world:

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Colombus

• Amerigo Vespucci

A horrible disease that was spread by Europeans and killed millions of Native Americans:

• Scurvy

• Small Pox

• Covid 19

• Astrolabe

The cargo brought from Africa to the Americas in the middle passage.

• Astrolabe

• Small Pox

• The 3 G's

• Slaves

An invention during the Renaissance period whose purpose was to reproduce or make copies of books, such as the bible:

• Astrolabe

• Printing Press

• Magnetic Compass

• The Caravel

The original place that explorers were trying to get to for spices, silk and other goods:

• Africa

• America

• Asia

• Europe

The period of time in which there was a surge of interest in art, literature, and science was called

• The Renaissance Period

• The Middle Ages

• The Cold War

• The Triangular Trade

The path explorers were trying to find through North America to get to Asia (That didn’t exist) was called:

• The Atlantic Passage

• The Northwest Passage

• Triangular Trade

• The Middle Passage

The transporting of raw materials, goods and enslaved Africans between Europe, the America’s and Africa was called:

• The Triangular Trade

• The Northwest Passage

• The Renaissance Period

• Asian Trade Exchange

Which answer below best describes the Renaissance Period:

• A period of time of many wars

• A period of a downturn of scientific thinking

• A period of time of growth of ideas, arts and science

• A renewal of interest in religion

Which answers below are reasons why explorers’ such as the Spanish explored the new world? CHOOSE 3 ANSWERS BELOW:

• To find new lands which would lead to more resources, which would lead to more money

• To spread the Christian religion around the world

• To become famous which would lead to people remembering the explorers forever

• To prevent the natives of the Americas from taking over lands in the east