Unit 3 Study Guide Exploration and Global Exchange

Match the following

• Columbian Exchange

• Informal exchange of goods across the Atlantic

• Exploit

• A person sent on a religious mission

• Mercantilism

• Colonies provide resources and wealth

• Colony

• To benefit unfairly

• Missionary

• An area under the control of another country

Draw the Triangle Trade Route AND label what moved on each leg of the journey.

Where did explorers begin their journeys

• Centrl America

• Asia

• Northern Africa

• Western Europe

Match the following

• Represents the desire to spread beliefs to people they encountered

• Gold

• Represents the fame and fortune that one would earn for finding new lands/routes

• Glory

• Represents the desire to increase wealth

• God

What was Columbus looking for when he went out exploring?

Why were Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo influential figures?

• they increased curiosity

• they went to prison over their false claims

• they had lots of land, money and power

• they stole from european leaders to pay for their explorations

What were some of the innovations that explorers used to overcome the challenge of navigating over large oceans?

How did the Renaissance influence Exploration

• Exploration influenced the Renaissance

• Renaissance provided technology for Natives to fight Explorers

• Renaissance encouraged curiosity and intellectual advancement

• Renaissance had nothing to do with Exploration

What does "M" refer to in this graphic?

What is being described in the drawing?

Who captured Africans?

• Rival African tribes

• White Europeans

• plantation owners

• Slave ship captains