WS-The Age of Exploration

To travel completely around the world.

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

A ship designed for long voyages.

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

Economic policy stating that a nation's power depended on its wealth.

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

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

_____ claimed lands in the Pacific, such as the present-day Philippines.

The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed between these two nations.

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

This Portuguese explorer rounded Africa's southern tip & sailed up part of Africa's east coast.

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

How many total voyages did Columbus make to the Americas?

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

The Treaty of Tordesillas gave Portugal control of present-day ______ in South America.

An economic system based on private ownership of resources.

In 1607, _____ settlers established the colony of Jamestown in Virginia.

The _____ had a presence in the Americas—the colony of New Netherland.

"America" was named after this Italian mapmaker.

Instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon.