Chapter 1-The Age of Exploration INTERACTIVE STUDY GUIDE

Match the characteristic to the correct description of attributes.

• Language/Writing

• -communication systems

  -record keeping

  -hieroglyphics

  -sharing ideas

  -storytelling

• Social Structures

• -bartering/trade

  -agriculture

  -how the society makes money

  -distribution of natural resources

  -currency

  -interdependence with foreign countries

• Infrastructures

• -buildings/homes

  -transportation systems/trade routes

  -irrigation systems

  -allocation of land for purposes like agriculture, recreation, greenspace, neighborhoods

• Culture

• -customs and traditions

  -clothing/garb

  -jewelry

  -religion

  -diet/foods

  -music

• Economic Systems

• -hierarchies

  -government/rules

  -class system

  -gender roles

  -behavioral norms

What were the two major items purchased on the Silk Road in Asia?

• horses

• spices

• twine

• silk

Gold, God, and Glory ....

• Reasons to explore North America

• Reasons to explore route to Asia

• Effects of slavery on Native Americans

• Effects of European exploration

What were the reasons Europeans sought to come to settle in the "New World"?

• Economic opportunities, religious freedom, land and resources, national expansion.
• Scientific research
• Cultural exchange
• Adventure and exploration

Place each motivation for exploration in the correct box.

Groups:

(a) Political

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(b) Religious

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(c) Economic

• discover a faster and easier trade route to Asia

• acquire wealth through acquiring gold and other raw materials and natural resources

• limit the spread of beliefs different from their own

• spread Christianity to other parts of the world

• gain dominance over rivals

• use natural resources to gain wealth

• expansion of their government in the Americas

• live in a place where religion can be practiced without persecution

• increase power and influence by exploring and colonizing new territories

Prince Henry of Portugal started a training school for sailors and became known as Prince Henry the __________.

• Conqueror

• Explorer

• Mariner

• Navigator

Which explorer’s crew traveled around the world?

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

Who sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent?

What was the main goal of Prince Henry's navigation school?

• to start a colony there

• to establish the slave trade

• to build a navy and start a war

• to find and control trade routes

How did Magellan's voyage compare to Columbus's?

• The explorers had the same results and achieved the same success.

• Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean while Columbus reached India.

• The explorers had similar goals and sailed in the same direction.

• Magellan made multiple trips while Columbus made one.