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Social Studies 7
Exploration
Question | Answer |
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Age of Exploration | A time period from the late 1400's-1600's when Europeans began to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas and created colonies |
Cartography | the science of making maps Was important to exploration, helping sailors cross the Atlantic |
Caravel | A small highly maneuverable three- masted ship used by the Portuguese and the Spanish in the exploration of the Americas |
Astrolabe | An instrument used in navigation which allowed sailors to determine latitude at sea, by measuring the position of the stars |
Magnetic Compass | A Chinese invention that aided in navigation fro explorers, by showing which direction was North |
Christopher Columbus | He accidentally discovered the Americas in 1492, while searching for an all water route to India His voyage sparked further colonization of the Americas and the Columbian Exchange (trade route) |
Henry Hudson | An English explorer who sailed for the Dutch He explored and claimed the Hudson River/Hudson Bay He tried to find a Northwest Passage across the Arctic Ocean to Asia |
Jacques Cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River Laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) Named Canada after the Huron word, "Kanata" |
Ferdinand Magellan | Sailed for Spain and Portugal around South America Discovered the Strait of Magellan Crew was the first to circumnavigate (travel around) the world |
Samuel de Champlain | French explorer who settled modern Quebec city discovered Lake Champlain, bordering Vermont and NY |
Vasco da Gama | The first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) Established major trading routes between Europe and Asia |
Giovanni da Verrazano | Italian explorer who sailed for France He discovered New York Harbor He later sailed to Brazil, Florida, and the Bahamas. |
Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) |