Age of Exploration

This continent was the goal of European explorers

• America

• North America

• New World

• Asia

A period where European countries began to explore the world looking for Asia.

• The New World

• Age of Exploration

• lateen sail

• apprentices and pages

Why did the explorers want to go to Asia?

• For spices and trade

• They have never been there

• To take over the land

• To visit their friends

How did the explorers WANT to travel to Asia?

• by foot (walk there/animals)

• by plane

• by ship

• by train

Click ALL of the reasons why explorers DID NOT want to travel by land?

• It was dangerous

• It was too slow

• It wasn't easy to get there

• It would be hard to carry goods and food back and forth

A navigational tool that points North. This was used to check the direction of winds and travel.

• caravel

• compass

• lateen sail

• astrolabe

A small, fast ship developed by the Portuguese that was easier to maneuver the vessels they were using previously.

• caravel

• lateen sail

• compass

• astrolabe

A navigational tool used to measure the latitude of a ship using the Sun or North star and the horizon.

• astrolabe

• compass

• caravel

• lateen sail

This triangular navigational tool was set at a 45 degree angle that let explorers sail directly into the wing

• lateen sail

• compass

• astrolabe

• caravel

This was a common punishment at sea where sailors were whipped with a rope in front of the entire crew

• scurvy

• mutiny

• flogging

• caravel