Mr. Luea's - Unit 3 The Age of Exploration

Instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon.

This Portuguese explorer sailed east all the way to India in 1498.

Economic policy stating that a nation's wealth came from a favorable balance of trade.

The expedition of this Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world.

Movement of plants, animals, and other living things between the eastern & western hemispheres.

To travel completely around the world.

An economic system based on private ownership of resources.

The Triangular Trade was between _______ that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

A ship designed for long voyages.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the present-day _________.

Which of the following did NOT originally come from Europe and travel to the Americas?