European Exploration Vocab

The video covers key vocabulary from Unit 4, focusing on the Age of Exploration and the Global Exchange. It introduces explorers like Columbus, Magellan, and Prince Henry, and discusses economic concepts such as mercantilism and capitalism. The video also explains the Columbian Exchange, the motives of explorers, and the impact of epidemics. It highlights the role of colonies, imperialism, and the Middle Passage, as well as the influence of missionaries. The video concludes with a look at trade, technology, and the entrepreneurial spirit of the explorers.

Who is credited with discovering the New World?

• Bartholomew Diaz

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Christopher Columbus

• Fernando Magellan

Which explorer is known for the first circumnavigation of the Earth?

• Bartholomew Diaz

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• Fernando Magellan

• Christopher Columbus

What was the primary goal of explorers reaching the Moluccas?

• To discover new lands

• To spread religion

• To find gold

• To acquire spices

What economic theory involved government regulation of the economy during the Age of Exploration?

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

What term describes a group of people who settle in a new land but remain under the rule of their native country?

• Nation

• State

• Colony

• Empire

What was a significant consequence of the Columbian Exchange?

• Decline in European population

• Improved European diets

• Isolation of the New World

• Decrease in global trade

What were the primary motives of European explorers during the Age of Exploration?

• Peace, prosperity, and power

• Land, labor, and law

• Gold, God, and glory

• Science, technology, and trade

What was the Middle Passage?

• A route to circumnavigate the globe

• A trade route for spices

• A voyage for enslaved Africans

• A path to the East Indies

What tool was used to determine latitude during the Age of Exploration?

• Sextant

• Astrolabe

• Chronometer

• Compass

Who were the Spanish adventurers that led conquests in the Americas?

• Explorers

• Conquistadors

• Missionaries

• Colonists