CH. 13-The Age of Exploration

An economic system based on private ownership of resources.

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

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

To travel completely around the world.

"America" was named after this Italian mapmaker.

A ship designed for long voyages.

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

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

How many total voyages did Columbus make to the Americas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Instrument measuring the angle of stars above the horizon.

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

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

The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed between these two nations.

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