For what three reasons did people find exploration so appealing

1
Age of Exploration
2
For what three reasons did nations find
exploration so appealing

• Glory
• God
• Gold

3
What Spanish conquistador settled in Central
America

• Hernan Cortes

4
Who was ruler of the Aztecs when Cortes arrived
in Central America?

• Montezuma

5
Who was the first explorer to circle the globe?

• Ferdinand Magellan

6
What Portuguese explorer found an Eastern route
to India?

• Vasco da Gama

7
What two Italian explorers had great impact on
establishing America.

• John Cabot
• Amerigo Vespucci

8
Which explorer thought he found a Western passage
to India.

• Christopher Columbus

9
What was the exchange of plants and animals
between Europe and the Americas

• Columbian Exchange

10
What is the trade route that connected Europe,
Africa, and the Americas.

• Triangular Trade

11
Europe
Americas
Africa
12
What was the passage from America to Africa
called?

• Middle Passage

13
What unwelcome guest did explorers bring to their
new colonies?

• Disease

14
What new type of ship made exploration faster?

• Caravel

15
What new art/science of map making helped with
navigation?

• Cartography

16
What invention came from China that made
navigation easier.

• Magnetic Compass

17
What theory says that the prosperity of a nation
depends on the amount of gold/silver it brings in?

• Mercantilism

18
What is a settlement of a people in a new area,
but with political and economic ties to a parent
nation called?

• Colony

19
What is the name for a large agricultural estate?

• Plantation

20
What religion were natives of new colonies often
forced to convert to?

• Christianity / Catholicism