Topic #2-New Global Connections

Thanks to these explorers a trade route through the Indian Ocean to Asia was discovered.

• Portuguese

• Spanish

• British

• Italian

He sponsored Portuguese exploration, despite not being an explorer himself.

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Prince Henry

• Osai Tutu

• Christopher Columbus

This Portuguese explorer set sail from the Cape of Good Hope in 1497 in his quest to find an all-water route to Asia.

• Hernan Cortez

• Jacques Cartier

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

This Chinese dynasty was admired by Europeans for their "gold, silver and other metals", as well as the "multitude of books" they published daily.

• Qing

• Asante

• Oyo

• Ming

The harsh Canadian climate with long winters attracted few settlers to this colony.

• New France

• New England

• Roanoke

• New Spain

This image best depicts

• European settlers who died sailing to the Americas

• the condition of the survivors of Magellan's expedition

• decks of slave ships on their way to the Americas

• an illustration of the Columbian Exchange

Another word meaning, "to sail around the world."

In 1534, _____ explored the coastline of eastern Canada and discovered the St. Lawrence River.

The _____ was the second leg of the triangular trade that brought slaves from Africa to the Americas.

Slave labor became increasingly common on _____, large estates run by an owner or an owner's overseer.