THE AGE OF EXPLORATION I

The period from 1400-1600 when Europeans sailed across the vast oceans to explore Asia, Africa, and the Americas

• Age of Science
• Age of Exploration 
• Scientific Time Period
• Prehistoric Era 

A new type of ship that was strong, maneuverable, and able to sail against the wind

• Caravel 
• Viking Boat 
• Canoe 
• Pirate Ship

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Which of the following played a key role in the European Age of Exploration that emerged in the 15th and 16th centuries?

• Advancements in sea-faring technology

• New lands with the possibility for European expansion

• An interest in developing a sea route to Asia for trade

• All of the above

True or False: The Age of Exploration took place at about the same time as the European Renaissance?

• True

• False

Why did countries fund expensive and risky expeditions?

• To find gold and silver

• To find lands they could colonize

• To find new trading routes to the East Indies

• All of the above

• N-B-A
• E-O-G
• N-F-L
• G-G-G

Europeans began exploring the world because they wanted to:

• gain riches from Asia like silk and spices
• prove that the world was flat
• discover a New World
• All of these are true

Ships that made long distance ocean voyages possible were:

• Caravels
• Astrolabes
• Titanics
• Voyagers

The three motivating factors for exploration to the New World

• Glory, Goodness, & Graffiti

• God, Grammar, & Grief

• Grief, God, & Gas

• God, Glory, & Gold

A country or area under the full control of another country, typically a distant one, occupied by settlers from that country.

• Middle Passage

• Colony

• Absolutism

• Columbian Exchange