Unit 2 Age of Exploration Lessons 1-4

Vocabulary emperor A place to live that is set up in a new area The ruler of an empire A place where people meet to trade goods To change A distance east or west of the prime meridian, usually measured in degrees A tool that shows which direction is north A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location emperor longitude trading post settlement reform astrolabe compass

A river that flows into a larger river or lake A long and carefully organized trip A science used by sailors to find their place and plan their route A person who makes maps or charts The practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay A distance north or south of the equator, usually measured in degrees To change someone’s or one’s own beliefs convert expedition tributary slavery cartographer navigation latitude

A person who starts a new business The act of sailing around something An official document from an authority to do something An area or place that is ruled by a distant country A place set up by a religious group to teach religion and other ways of life to native people charter circumnavigation entrepreneur mission colony

Marco Polo’s book caused more books on swimming games to be written more people to be interested in Asia him to become extremely wealthy war between Spain and Portugal

New technology in the 1400’s made crossing the Northwest Passage possible helped Marco Polo with his expedition made travel by sea change lead to the Protestant Reformation

Which of the following was NOT a goal of European exploration? finding new trade routes to Asia controlling new land establishing colonies ending the Reconquista

Converting people to Catholicism was the goal of the American Indians the Reconquista the Counter Reformation Amerigo Vespucci

Name two present-day cities founded by the Dutch (from the Netherlands). New Amsterdam and Fort Orange Boston and Albany New York City and Albany Buffalo and New York City

Atlantic trade routes carried goods and enslaved people between. __, Atlantic trade routes carried goods and enslaved people between __, , and ____ . Africa Europe the Americas

Which countries claimed land in the Americas (click to find out)? Spain China Germany Russia Portugal France England Sweden Belgium The Netherlands YES NO

Why did colonists often build settlements near the sea or along rivers? Colonists settled near bodies of water so that they could move and easier. people supplies

Finding new trade routes were important to European leaders and early explorers for all of the reasons EXCEPT the current sea routes were risky flooding had destroyed all the crops thieves robbed merchants travel between Europe and Asia was costly and dangerous

In 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored Mexico looking for cities of gold. He never found them, but the area later was settled with missions was attacked by aliens was inhabited by tiny gremlins was populated with thousands of leprechauns

Name two tools that improved sailing and explain why they were important. Two tools that improved sailing were the _________________ and the _____________. The ________________ shows which direction is ___________, and the ____________ helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location. Europeans now felt it was possible to search for new sea routes to _________. magnetic compass astrolabe magnetic compass north astrolabe Asia

What was the Northwest Passage What was the Northwest Passage? How did the search for the Northwest Passage and Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe change Europeans’ understanding of the world? water route The Northwest Passage is a ________ ________ through __________ ___________ that would lead to the _________ Ocean and thus to _____. The Europeans now knew that the riches of Asia could be reached by way of a __________ route. North America Pacific Asia westward

How did the New World become known as America? __________ __________lead an expedition south of where Columbus had landed. A ___________ suggested naming this New World after Vespucci, so they called it America. Amerigo Vespucci cartographer

Present-day Central America Name the geographic areas that each of the following countries settled in the New World: Spain Present-day Central America South America France Eastern North America Portugal Eastern South America

How did the Age of Exploration change the world How did the Age of Exploration change the world? Mention at least ONE European Explorer and explain his role. GOOD LUCK!