The Age of Exploration

____ is the movement of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World.

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

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

To travel completely around the world

Which animals were not introduced by Europe to the Americas for their use as technology?

A system in which family members worked in their homes to make a product.

What were the names of the three ships that Columbus sailed with on his first voyage?

Which of the following was not a reason people set off to explore?

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

The belief that some people are better than others because of traits such as skin color

Places where new textiles and sugarcane were grown

The Triangular Trade among _______ brought enslaved Africans to the Americas.

An economic system based on private ownership of resources

___ is where individuals decide what they will buy.

A ship designed for long voyages

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

"America" was named after this Italian mapmaker.

Instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon

A system in which a government controls all economic activity in a country and its colonies.

This explorer was responsible for weakening Spain's empire and strengthening England's.