1. Age of Discovery

2. ______________- The Europeans were interested in these Chinese products

3. Silk and porcelain (ceramics)

4. ______________- In 1419, he started a school of navigation
______________- In 1419, he started a school of navigation. Sea captains, mapmakers, and navigators met and exchanged ideas there.

5. Prince Henry the Navigator
1419
Prince Henry the Navigator

6. What are the main reasons that Europeans began exploring?

7. Gold, God, and Glory

8. 1486 AD
_________ ___________ succeeded in convincing Spain to fund his exploration west to find Asia. his voyage.

9. Christopher Columbus

10. ______________- This ship helped in allowing explorers travel long distances. It had either triangle or squared shaped sails, or both, that allowed it to sail against the wind.

11. Caravel

12. C

13. compass

14. Astrolabe

15. __________- A navigational instrument used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies.

16. 1492
In 1492, he sailed the ocean blue. He landed in the Caribbean Islands, but thought he was in Asia.

17. Christopher Columbus

18. 1498
In 1498, This Portuguese explorer found a sea route to Asia. He led a ship around Africa, to India, and back.

19. Vasco da Gama

20.
This explorer circumnavigated (sailed completely around) the world, well almost.

21. Ferdinand Magellan

22. 1519
In 1519, this man lead an expedition to the Yucatan peninsula. Within two years he would conquer the Aztec Empire.

23. Hernando Cortes

24. 1532
In 1532, This man conquered the entire Incan Empire with less than 200 men.

25. Pizzaro

26. ______________- people with mixed Spanish and Native American blood.

27. Mestizos

28. The Spanish also formed large farms and mines that used natives as slave labor. This system was known as ___________.

29. Encomienda system

30.
Triangular Trade
_________________________- This was the name given to the trading route used by European merchants who exchanged goods with Africans for slaves, shipped the slaves to the Americas, sold them and brought goods from the Americas back to Europe.

31. Triangular Trade

32. M______________P_________________- part of the Triangular Trade where Africans were sent to the Americas to be slaves.

33. Middle Passage

34. This picture depicts the ______________________

35. Columbian Exchange