U13: The Age of Exploration

Match the person to what they did.

• Vasco de Gama

• Portuguese explorer, first to reach India by sailing around Africa

• Francisco Pizarro

• Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Spanish explorer, his crew were the first to circumnavigate the world

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Spanish explorer who led expedition to Panama, first to see the Pacific Ocean

• Hernán Cortés

• Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs

​ Columbus convinced the​ (a)   monarchs that he could reach ​ (b)   by sailing​ (c)   . Instead he landed in the​ (d)   in 1492, becoming the first European to reach the (e)   .

• Asia
• west
• Bahamas
• east
• Spanish
• Dutch
• Americas

What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find?

• a passage to India by land
• a way to the South Pole
• a new trade route to India by sea
• a new school in Portugal

What is Mercantilism?

• A form of government with a single ruler
• A type of artistic movement in the 18th century
• An economic principle of exporting goods more than importing goods

• A religious belief system focused on meditation and inner peace

What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

• The transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries.
• The establishment of trade routes in the Pacific Ocean
• The migration of Europeans to the Americas
• The exchange of goods between Europe and Africa

What is colonialism?

• Colonialism is the policy of promoting independence and self-governance in other countries
• Colonialism is when one country takes control over other land, occupying and exploiting it

• Colonialism is the practice of sharing resources equally with other countries
• Colonialism is the practice of respecting the sovereignty and autonomy of other countries

What were the "three G's" during the Age of Exploration

• Exploration, Adventure, and Discovery
• Silver, Power, and Wealth
• Fame, Fortune, and Glory
• Gold, Glory, and God

Large Dutch corporation during the Age of Exploration, aided in trade of goods from the new world as well as ship building

• Spanish West India Company
• French East India Company
• Portuguese East India Company
• Dutch East India Company

This was the global trade of plants, animals, and disease

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Columbian Exchange

• Reformation

A fast ship developed by the son of the Portuguese king around the year of 1450, allowing for faster navigation of the oceans

• Canoe
• Rowboat
• Speedboat
• Caravel