Age of Exploration/ Columbian Exchange

European countries wanted to find a water route to access which valuable good?

• Spices from the "Spice Islands" of Asia

• Gold from West Africa

• Salt from West Africa

• Crops from the Americas

Which pieces of navigational technology below aided early explorers? (Check all that apply)

• Astrolabe
• Woodblock Printing
• Compass
• Cartography (map making)
• The printing press

What was a Caravel?

• An ancient Greek instrument that was used to find latitude.
• An instrument invented by the Chinese that showed which direction they were sailing.
• Improved map-making that helped give more accurate maps and improved navigation.
• A new type of ship with triangular sails that increased speed and maneuverability.

Using the map below which explorer is associated with the route?

• Jacques Cartier
• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Sire Francis Drake

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

• Gold, Silver, Treasure
• God, Glory, Gold
• God, Glory, Gallantry
• Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

What was the name given by Europeans to the Americas (North and South), which were unknown to most Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus?

• The Old World
• The West World
• The Great Wide Open World
• The New World

Effect on the Old World due to their improved diet and nutrition of the Columbian Exchange

• Columbian Exchange
• population increase
• potatoes, corn, tomatoes, chocolate
• smallpox and measles

Items from the Columbian Exchange that improved the nutrition, diet and increased employment of Native Americans in the New World

• Grains, tropical fruits, coffee, livestock
• horse
• population increase
• potatoes, corn, tomatoes, chocolate

When the slavery of Native Americans failed for European conquerors, they imported Africans to meet their labor needs in mines and plantations. What was this called?

• The Irish Potato Famine
• The Trail of Tears
• African Slave Trade
• The Bubonic Plague

What were the 2 most deadly diseases introduced to the Native Americans from Europe? At least 50% of Native Americans died due to these diseases.

• Scurvy and Yellow Fever
• smallpox and measles
• cholera and strep throat
• COVID and Money Pox