Age of Explorations

Term Europeans used for the Americas and Western Hemisphere

• Astrolabe

• Old World

• Conquistador

• New World

• Mercantilism

Spanish explorer-conquerors of the Americas like Cortez and Pizarro.

• Conquistador

• New World

• Old World

• Astrolabe

Brutal voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to North America.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Astrolabe

• Mercantilism

A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa.

• Astrolabe

• Conquistador

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it imports.

• Old World

• New World

• Mercantilism

• Triangular trade

Refers to Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Age of Exploration.

• Conquistador

• Old World

• New World

• Astrolabe

An instrument for determining the positions and movements of heavenly bodies that aided explorers at sea.

• Conquistador

• Astrolabe

• Triangular trade

• Mercantilism

Conquistador were looking for faster routes to (Select all that apply)

• China

• Africa

• India

• Spain

During the explorations, Europeans were looking for? (Select all that apply)

• Resources

• Gold

• Land

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

What country sent Christopher Columbus?

• Spain

• Europe

• England

• France