Age of Exploration Study Guide
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Define each of the explores, and Answer each of the questions below
AGE OF EXPLORATION:
Know what the following people are famous for.
A. Francisco Pizarro
B. Bartolomeu Dias
C. Vasco de Gama
D. Hernan Cortes
E. Ferdinand Magellan
F. Christopher Columbus
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What was the major discovery of Christopher Columbus? How did they impact the world?
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What was the major discovery of Vasco de Gama? What impact did it have on the world?
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Why were European diseases so deadly to Native Americans? What percentage of the population died?
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What was the effect of Europeans colonizing the Americas?
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Other than disease, why were European societies able to conquer the Americas?
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
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What was traded on the Columbian Exchange? Include some specifics.
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Who did the Columbian Exchange help? Who did it hurt?
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What are 3 ways in which native American populations were decreased during or after the Age of
Exploration?
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What two civilizations were destroyed by the Spanish conquistadors?
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What motives did the Europeans have for bypassing the land route to Asia?
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Describe the flow of the Triangle Trade as shown in the map below:
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Describe Shipping Technology and how the improvements made exploration of Africa and the Americas
possible.
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What is the Middle Passage?
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Describe the Atlantic Slave Trade and it’s affect on the Americas
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Where the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, and English set up colonies.
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Be able to Identify the Voyage Maps Below
Who were the Explorers’ Voyages depicted in each of the maps1.
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