European Exploration/Atlantic Slave Trade

___________ was the first European to reach America in 1492, he had 3 ships on his voyage: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

• Vasco Nunez de Balboa
• Christopher Columbus
• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

Europeans were trying to find a water route to __________________, they thought that this would make their country rich with its silk, spices, and treasures. 

• Asia
• America
• Antartica
• Australia

Columbus went _____________ from Europe to try to reach Asia. 

• north
• south
• east
• west

What was the name of the trade route that Columbus established from America to Europe?

• the Silk Road
• the St. Lawrence Shuttle
• the Columbian Exchange 
• the Polo Express

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

• technology
• conquistador
• settlement
• circumnavigate

In the early 1400's this country became a leader in world exploration (next to Spain)

• France
• Portugal
• Germany
• Italy

A device used in early navigation to chart the position of stars

• Compass
• Astrolabe
• Caravels
• Magnets

Colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the west Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves

• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade
• Human Exchange

The most common reasons to explore the New World were

• Food, Fun, and Fame

• Gold, God, and Glory

• Religon, Routes, Rulers

What European nation was first to begin exploration?

• England
• France
• Portugal
• Spain