Unit 2: Age of Exploration Vocabulary

13) Born in Portugal, Explored for Portugal, Best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India

• Christopher Columbus

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Ferdinand Magellan

Jamestown was an example of a successful

• Pilgrim colony

• Puritan colony

• French fur colony

• Joint-stock-company

Born in Portugal, Explored for Spain, Best known for leading the first European voyage to circumnavigate the globe he died before the trip was complete and his crew completed the voyage

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

• Vasco de Gama

Favorable Balance of Trade occurs when

• A country sells more than it buys

• a country buys more than it sells

• mercantilism takes over

• imports exceed exports

Real name of natives that Christopher Columbus encountered in the Bahammas

• Indians

• Tainos

• Los Indios

• Natives

Son of John I of Portugal who organized navigation schools, and expeditions for sailors to explore the West coast of Africa

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• king Ferdinand

• Sir Francis Drake

• Christopher Columbus

The King of Spain who authorized Christopher Columbus's expedition to look for trade routes in the Far East.

• King Louis

• Queen Elizabeth

• King Ferdinand

• King Henry

Born in Portugal, Explored for Portugal, Best known for the first European trip around the Cape of Good Hope

• John Cabot

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry the Naviagtor

Africans would be used for a labor source in the New World because

• they were easier to bring over to the Americas

• they were more easily conquered than the natives

• millions of Natives died of European diseases

• they were better farmers than the natives

Why did early Pilgrims & Puritans leave England and come to America?

• to find gold

• escape slavery

• escape religious persecution

• start a new colony