Exploration

Goods left markets in Europe and were traded for slaves in Africa. Slaves were traded in the Americas for resources. Resources were brought back to Europe.

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangle Trade
• East/West Exchange

Time period during which Europeans explored the world starting in 1400's 

• Renaissance
• Reformation 
• Middle Ages 
• Age of Exploration 

Explorer credited with the discovery of the New World

• Ferdinand Magellan 
• Christoper Columbus
• Bartolomeu Dias 
• Sir Francis Drake 

A new type of ship that was strong, maneuverable, and able to sail against the wind

• Pirate Ship

• Caravel

• Canoe

• Viking Boat 

The journeys of Vasco da Gama, Bartholomeu Dias, and Christopher Columbus became possible in the late 1400s because of the

• support of exploration by the English government

• trade connections established by Ibn Battuta

• effects of the Atlantic slave trade

• development of new navigational instruments and technology

What is the location of number #3?

• Asia

• South America

• North America

• Africa

What is the location of number 4?

• West Indies

• South America

• North America

• Africa

How did the Colombian Exchange affect many Americans Indian groups?

• They grew in number

• They died from diseases

• They became prosperous

• They were forced to move

What was the name of the Triangular Trade route had Europeans enslaving Africans to sell in the Americas and Caribbean?

• the American Passage
• the Middle Passage
• the Lower Passage
• the African Passage

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to Asia by land

• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to Asia by sea

• the Inca Empire