Age of Exploration Introduction Vocab

Question 1

Columbian Exchange

Answer 1

Exchange of plants, animals, germs, and ideas between the old world (Europe, Africa, Asia) and the New World (the Americas)

Question 2

Moluccas

Answer 2

Spice Islands

Question 3

Caravel and Lateen Sails

Answer 3

Inventions that helped people sail father, faster

Question 4

Astrolabe and Magnetic Compass

Answer 4

Inventions that helped sailors navigate in uncharted waters

Question 5

New World

Answer 5

North and South America

Question 6

Northwest Passage

Answer 6

A nonexistent water route that could take a person across North America from the east to the west

Question 7

Mercantilism

Answer 7

Countries should import inexpensive raw materials and turn them into expensive manufactured goods, which can be exported for a high price

Question 8

Import

Answer 8

Buy from another country/region

Question 9

Export

Answer 9

Sell to another country/region

Question 10

Latin America

Answer 10

South and Central America

Question 11

Conquistadors

Answer 11

Explorer that had three goals - become famous (glory), get rich (gold), and spread Catholicism (God)

Question 12

Peninsulares

Answer 12

People who were born in Spain on the Iberian Peninsula

Question 13

Colonies

Answer 13

An area that is under the control of another country, usually one that is located far away

Question 14

Encomienda

Answer 14

Taxed native Americans and forced them to work on the farms

Question 15

Middle Passage

Answer 15

A terrible voyage taken by captive slaves across the Atlantic