Flashcards
Exploration
Cards in this deck (9)
- 1Age of Discovery1450 - 1650
- 2Motives for ExplorationThe 3 G's - God , Glory , or Gold
- 3Prince Henry the NavigatorInfante Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Henry the Navigator was an important figure in 15th-century Portuguese politics and in the early days of the Portuguese Empire
- 4Christopher ColumbusSails West to find a new route to Asia. Columbus believes he is the West Indies Discovers the New World.
- 5Effects of His DiscoveryNative population wiped out by European diseases like smallpox causes the importation of slaves from Africa.
- 6Ferdinand Magellan1st explorer to "circumnavigate" (sail around) the world
- 7Columbian ExchangeExchange of plants & diseases between the Americas and Europe result of European exploration of the New World
- 8The Middle PassagePart of the triangular slave trade) its the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas made by slave ships. Many Africans died during the voyage
- 9ConquistadorsName for Spanish conquerors/explorers
