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Age of Exploration

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  • Name a disease a crew would face
    Scurvy, Typhoid
  • Which explorer was sponsored by Spain and is known for discovering the Americas?
    Christopher Colombus
  • What method did sailors use to measure speed
    Log and Line
  • Why did Portugal explore?
    They wanted to find a water route to Asia and spread Christianity
  • Which explorer circumnavigated the world and where was he from?
    Ferdinand Magellan; Portugal
  • Where did the Conquistador Pizarro go?
    Peru
  • What happened to the Native Americans when Europeans began to explore the Americas?
    Many died from disease and war
  • Which country was the first to find a water route to Asia and control trade in India?
    Portugal
  • Name 3 positives of the Columbian Exchange.
    Better diets, variety of foods, new ideas, horses, animals, wealth
  • Why did Spain explore?
    They wanted to find a western route to Asia and spread Christianity
  • What year did Columbus set sail?
    1492
  • What items were traded from the Americas to the Old World?
    corn, potatoes, turkeys, diseases, gold/silver
  • What was the Treaty of Tordesillas
    When the Pope split the world between Spain and Portugal
  • What motivated the Europeans to explore?
    Gold, God and Glory
  • What inventions/developments helped start the Age of Exploration?
    The printing press, more books, more maps, better sails/ships
  • What was the civilisation in Peru?
    Incas
  • What items were traded from the Old World to the Americas?
    sheep, cows, fruit, disease, grains, horses, grapes
  • Why did the Age of Exploration begin?
    he Age of Exploration began during the Renaissance when there were new ideas, trade, and wealth.
  • Name 3 negatives of the Columbian Exchange
    diseases, slavery, wars and battles, low population, infestations
  • Why did European countries want to try and find the fastest trade routes to Asia?
    So they could control trade and not pay as much/make more money
  • What were the new types of ship called.
    Caravel
  • Which civilization was in modern day Mexico City and which explorer conquered that civilization?
    The Aztecs; Hernan Cortes