The Age of Exploration

Which country funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New World."

• Portugal
• Spain
• Italy
• England

What does circumnavigate mean?

• To move the sails in a circular motion
• To use circles to locate key areas on a map.
• To travel in a circle from one area and back
• To travel completely around the earth

What were early explorers most interested in finding?

• Water routes to the New World
• Water routes to Africa's west coast
• Water routes to Asia
• Water routes to the Middle East

Why is the Western Hemisphere referred to as the New World.

• It was created after the Eastern Hemisphere

• The ideas of the Westerners were new to the Eastern Hemisphere

• The Eastern Hemisphere did not even know this existed before the Age of Exploration

• The Western Hemisphere was a new opportunity for many.

The country that launched the Age of Discovery was:

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Who were the "conquistadors?"

• catholic missionaries

• Spanish explorer/conquerors

• Aztec rulers

• French adventurers

Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed he had discovered:

• North America

• a western route to Asia

• an ancient civilization

• Cuba and Hispaniola

What was one impact of European exploration on Native American Indians?

• European farming techniques were quickly adopted

• Many Native American Indians were resettled throughout Europe

• Conflicts between native American Indian tribes ended

• Diseases brought by Europeans caused large numbers of deaths

Exchange of goods, ideas and people between Europe and the Americas.

• Northwest Passage

• Colony

• Silk Road

• Columbian Exchange

An instrument used by sailors to to find latitude.

• Motivation

• Astrolabe

• Colony

• Caravel