Study Guide #4: Age of Exploration and the Columbian Exchange

Caravel:

• The process of countries, businesses, and people becoming more connected and interdependent worldwide.

• An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe.

• A small ship.

• An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

A small ship.

Globalization:

• A trade route that is connected to China and Europe.

• An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

• Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa.

• The process of countries, businesses, and people becoming more connected and interdependent worldwide.

The process of countries, businesses, and people becoming more connected and interdependent worldwide.

Treaty of Tordesilla:

• An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe.

• A small ship.

•  North America and South America.

• A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe.

Astrolabe:

• A real or imaginary border that clearly separates two different areas, countries, or ideas.

• A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

• An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

• A trade route that is connected to China and Europe.

An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

Magnetic Compass:

• An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

• A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

• A real or imaginary border that clearly separates two different areas, countries, or ideas.

• A small ship.

A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

The Silk Road:

• A trade route that is connected to China and Europe.

• An ancient astronomical instrument that acts as a physical model of the visible sky and a star chart.

• A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

• An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe.

A trade route that is connected to China and Europe.

Line of demarcation:

• A small ship.

• The process of countries, businesses, and people becoming more connected and interdependent worldwide.

• An agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe.

• A real or imaginary border that clearly separates two different areas, countries, or ideas.

A real or imaginary border that clearly separates two different areas, countries, or ideas.

The Old World:

• A compass that tells you where is North, South, East and West.

• A trade route that is connected to China and Europe.

• Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa.

• North America and South America.

Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa.

The New World:

• Asia, Australia, Europe, and Africa.

• A real or imaginary border that clearly separates two different areas, countries, or ideas.

• A small ship.

• North America and South America.

North America and South America.

Christopher Columbus:

• Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

• Discovered the New World. (North and South America)

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

• Was an Italian explorer who sailed for England

Discovered the New World. (North and South America)

John Cabot:

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

• A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

• Explorer that hoped to find the golden Cities of Cibola.

• Was an Italian explorer who sailed for England

Was an Italian explorer who sailed for England

Juan Ponce de Leon:

• A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

• A legendary explorer that was trying to find the fountain of youth.

•  Discovered the New World. (North and South America)

• Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

A legendary explorer that was trying to find the fountain of youth.

Jaques Cartier:

• Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

• Explorer that hoped to find the golden Cities of Cibola.

• Was an Italian explorer who sailed for England

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

Ferdinand Magellan:

• A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

• Explorer who hoped to find the Western route to Asia.

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

• Was an Italian explorer who sailed for England

Explorer who hoped to find the Western route to Asia.

Hernan Cortes:

• A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

•  Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

• Explorer who hoped to find the Western route to Asia.

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

Francisco Pizarro:

• Discovered the New World. (North and South America)

• Famous explorer to both of the French and the Canadians.

• A spanish explorer whose goal was to colonize New Spain.

• Explorer that hoped to find the golden Cities of Cibola.

Explorer that hoped to find the golden Cities of Cibola.

Vaco de Gama:

•  Explorer who hoped to find the Western route to Asia.

• Explorer that hoped to find the golden Cities of Cibola.

•  Discovered the New World. (North and South America)

• The first person to sail from Europe to India.

The first person to sail from Europe to India.

What were the main goals and motivations for many explorers? (Where were they going and what did they want.)

• The main goals and motivations for many explorers were to become legends.

• The technological advances that sparked the Age of Exploration were to improved ship designs, advanced navigation tools, and military technology.

• The Age of Exploration was catastrophic for native populations in the Americas, leading to widespread depopulation, loss of land, and systemic disruption of cultures.

• The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal. It was created to avoid War.

The main goals and motivations for many explorers were to become legends.

Which explorers conquered the Aztecs and the Incas? (Note the years of conquest and the countries/continents)

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

• The smallpox was spread during the Columbian Exchange. They impact the old and new world by spreading from one place to another.

• Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

• Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs and the Incas.

Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs and the Incas.

What were the technological advances that sparked the Age of Exploration? (Explain what each one did)

• The Columbian Exchange refers to the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

• The technological advances that sparked the Age of Exploration were to improved ship designs, advanced navigation tools, and military technology.

The technological advances that sparked the Age of Exploration were to improved ship designs, advanced navigation tools, and military technology.

What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? Why was it created?

• The smallpox was spread during the Columbian Exchange. They impact the old and new world by spreading from one place to another.

• The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal. It was created to avoid War.

• The main goals and motivations for many explorers were to become legends.

• The Age of Exploration was catastrophic for native populations in the Americas, leading to widespread depopulation, loss of land, and systemic disruption of cultures.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal. It was created to avoid War.

What did the Age of exploration mean for native populations in the America’s?

• The Columbian Exchange refers to the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

• Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

The Age of Exploration was catastrophic for native populations in the Americas, leading to widespread depopulation, loss of land, and systemic disruption of cultures.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• The Columbian Exchange refers to the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

• The smallpox was spread during the Columbian Exchange. They impact the old and new world by spreading from one place to another.

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

• Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

The Columbian Exchange refers to the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

What were the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?

• The technological advances that sparked the Age of Exploration were to improved ship designs, advanced navigation tools, and military technology.

• The Treaty of Tordesillas was an agreement between Spain and Portugal. It was created to avoid War.

• The Age of Exploration was catastrophic for native populations in the Americas, leading to widespread depopulation, loss of land, and systemic disruption of cultures.

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

Which region gained the most from the Columbian Exchange?

• The main goals and motivations for many explorers were to become legends.

• Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

• The Columbian Exchange refers to the massive, post-1492 transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, technology, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia following Christopher Columbus’s voyage.

Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

What disease were spread during the Columbian Exchange? How did they impact the old and new world?

• The smallpox was spread during the Columbian Exchange. They impact the old and new world by spreading from one place to another.

• The positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange is the positive side is the food supply increased and the negative side had destruction.

• Europe gained the most from the Columbian Exchange.

The smallpox was spread during the Columbian Exchange. They impact the old and new world by spreading from one place to another.