Age of Exploration Study Guide

What is the Age of Exploration?

• A time period when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners.

• A time period when Americans explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods and trading partners.

• A time period when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of new ships, to meet new people, and because they liked to sail.

Which countries were involved?

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• England

• Holland

What factors contributed to the Age of Exploration?

• New Navigational technologies

• New trade routes to Asia

• New people to meet

• They wanted to eat food from a different place

• Mercantilism

Time Period of the Age of Exploration: ______

• 1900's - 2000's

• 300's - 400's

• 1400's - 1600's

• 1200's - 1300's

What were the effects of the Age of Exploration?

• Globalization

• There were no effects

• Colonization

• Slavery

• Columbian Exchange

What were the reasons for the Age of Exploration?

• Games

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• Guava

Age of Exploration was possible because of these technological advances:

• Astrolabe

• Magnetic Compass

• GPS

• Caravel

• Lateen Sail

The main reason why Europeans wanted spices was to:

• use it for food and medicine

• use it just for food

• use it just for medicine

• prevent bugs from coming inside their homes

The fall of Constantinople in ______ cut ______ routes by ______ with ______. Europeans had to find trade routes by ______ instead.

• 1543, trading, land, Asia, sea

• 1453, boat, sea, logs, land

• 2020, trading, land, Asia, land

• 1453, trading, land, Asia, sea

Match the inventions listed with the description listed below.

A triangular sail at an angle of 45 degrees to the mast.

• Caravels

• Lateens

• Magnetic Compass

• Astrolabe