Age of Exploration Vocabulary

The part of the world that was known by Europeans before the Age of Exploration; the eastern hemisphere (Europe, Asia, Africa)

• New World

• Old World

Imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Axis

• Lines of Longitude

a distance east or west of the prime meridian, usually measured in degrees

• longshoreman

• latitude

• longitude

• settlement

A small, fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers for long journeys

• charter

• astrolabe

• canoe

• caravel

The lines of latitude and longitude form an imaginary _____ over the planet.

• box

• diagonal

• pattern

• grid

A trade route is

• A path used by traders

• A type of currency
• A type of market
• A type of business

The 3 G's 
Describes the major motivations for Europeans to explore the New World?  What are the 3 G's?

• Gold God Goods

• Gold God Glory 
• Goods Gold Grids

What line divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

Which hemisphere is highlighted in blue?

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

An exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans between the Old World and the New World

• Expedition

• Columbian Exchange

• Atlantic Slave Trade

• Colonization