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  • Why did Columbus sail west on his first expedition?
    to find a shorter route to the Indies
  • What was the network of land and sea routes used for trading with China?
    Silk Road
  • Why did Marco Polo go to China?
    to bring back grade goods from China
  • What foods came from the New World?
    potatoes, tomatoes, pineapples
  • Why did explorers plant flags?
    to claim land for their country
  • Why did Columbus continue to travel to the New World?
    Start a colony for Spain; delivering people, animals, food; claim riches for Spain
  • A compass uses Earth's....
    magnetic field
  • What do archaeologists use to study the past?
    artifacts
  • How did Columbus' voyages impact the New World?
    He showed Europeans the way to the New World
  • Who gave the Americas the name "New World"?
    explorers
  • What were the major motivations for explorers?
    God, Gold, Glory
  • Sailors used astrolabes to tell...
    latitude
  • What religious goal inspired many European explorers?
    to spread their beliefs
  • What was the effect of Marco Polo's journeys?
    Europeans and Asians wanted to know more about each other.
  • The Age of Exploration began with a search for new trade routes to...
    Asia
  • What places did the Silk Road connect?
    China and other lands
  • During the Columbian Exchange, what two directions did plants, animals, diseases, and people flow?
    east and west
  • How did Europeans measure their wealth?
    in gold and silver
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