Age of Exploration - Unit 2

One of the 1st Scandinavian groups to come to America

• English

• Spanish

• Vikings

where the Vikings came from

• Japan, Korea & Vietnam

• Norway, Denmark & Sweden

• Spain, Portugal & France

one of the 1st Vikings they think landed in America

• Leif Ericcson

• Christopher Columbus

• Prince Henry

people who buy & sell goods from Asia

• slaves

• merchants

• bankers

Items bought by Europe from Asia

• silk & spices

• tea & sugar

• milk & cookies

reasons that Portugal (Prince Henry) wanted to find a sea route to Asia

• to be the first and control trade there

• to make money

• know more about the world

• to capture the king of China

the items the Portuguese traded

• people

• sugar

• gold

• ivory

buying and selling humans as property

• routing

• exploring

• slave trade

quickest journey from one country to another by water

• waterfalls

• water routes

• tsunamis

name given to the tip of Africa by the Portuguese

• Cape of Good Hope

• the tip of Africa

• are we there yet