Age of Exploration

This event was the direct cause of the Age of Exploration.

• The invention of the printing press in 1440 by Johannes Guttenberg.

• The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

• The discovery of America by Columbus in 1492.
• The signing of the English Magna Carta in 1215.

Ship invented by the Portuguese, designed for long journeys over the open ocean.

• Frigate
• Galleon
• Clipper
• Caravel

Device that allowed for navigation using the stars to pinpoint one's location.

• Compass
• GPS
• Sextant
• Astrolabe

First European to travel to the Americas and build a colony there.

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Hernán Cortés

• Leif Erikson

• Christopher Columbus

What was the series of trading routes that connected Asia to Europe in ancient times?

• Tea Trail
• Silk Road

• Spice Route
• Pepper Path

Treaty in which the Portuguese and Spanish agreed to split all unclaimed territory in America and Asia between themselves.

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Tordesillas
• Treaty of Utrecht
• Treaty of Ghent

Disease, common among sailors, originating from a lack of vitamin C.

• scurvy
• Smallpox

• Iron Lung

• rickets

Name for a mapmaker.

• Geographer
• Navigator
• Cartographer
• Explorer

What was the most sought after Asian good for Europeans at this time?

• Spices

• Tea

• Porcelain

• Silk

First man to find a sea route from Europe to India.

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Henry the Navigator
• Vasco da Gama