Age of Exploration

Question 1

Name given to the Moluccas Islands, and why?

Answer 1

Spice Islands, they were rich in spices

Question 2

Map making experts

Answer 2

Cartographers

Question 3

Line of Demarcation/ Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 3

It set a territory border for Spain and Portugal to claim for themselves

Question 4

Circumnavigate

Answer 4

To sail all around the world

Question 5

First explorer to sail all around the world?

Answer 5

Ferdinand Magellan (also sailed through Straits of Magellan)

Question 6

Triangle of Trade

Answer 6

Trade between North America, Africa, and the Caribbean (Sugar, Rum, Slaves, Finished Textiles)

Question 7

What was the African Slave Trade?

Answer 7

The trade of slaves to the Americas. It was created to sustain the labor force in the south to plant and harvest cash crops.

Question 8

Plantations

Answer 8

Large cash crop farms for cotton, tobacco, and rice

Question 9

What was the middle passage

Answer 9

The name given to the horrible voyage by ships that slaves endured from Africa to the Americas

Question 10

Mercantilism

Answer 10

Where colonies produce raw materials and the parent nation turns it into finished goods

Question 11

Columbian Exchange

Answer 11

Trade developed between North/South America. Included crop exchange and the intro to new animal species

Question 12

Motives for European Exploration

Answer 12

1. Spices
2. New territory
3. Trade
4. Religion

Question 13

Obstacles early explorers faced

Answer 13

1. Storms
2. Illness
3. Food and water preservation
4. Inaccurate maps
5. Lack of communication

Question 14

Countries that were leaders in exploration

Answer 14

Portugal and Spain

Question 15

Countries that later joined the age of exploration

Answer 15

France, England, and the Netherlands

Question 16

Why did the Europeans want access to spices?

Answer 16

They couldn’t grow spices with the climate in Europe. They needed spices because of the flavor, preservatives, medicinal purposes, and they were used in perfume

Question 17

Why were sea routes desired over land routes

Answer 17

Land routes were expensive, dangerous, and long

Question 18

Prince Henry

Answer 18

He encouraged others to explore the unknown, and started a school for navigators. He also helped sponsor and fund expeditions.

Question 19

Gold Coast

Answer 19

West Africa, was rich in gold and other supplies

Question 20

Cape of Good Hope

Answer 20

Tip of Southern Africa, became a major trading post

Question 21

First explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope?

Answer 21

Bartholomeu Dias

Question 22

What explorer passed the Cape and reached India?

Answer 22

Vasco Da Gama

Question 23

Why did these voyages result in others wishing to do the same?

Answer 23

It became a chartered route

Question 24

Columbus’s ships

Answer 24

Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria

Question 25

Where did Columbus think he landed?

Answer 25

West Indies

Question 26

Who realized Columbus landed on a whole new continent?

Answer 26

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 27

Hernan Cortes

Answer 27

Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztects and claimed Mexico for Spain

Question 28

John Cabot

Answer 28

English explorer who explored the New England coastline. Key person in the development of transatlantic trade. Also founded Newfoundland.