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Age of Exploration
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Age of Exploration
Prince Henry the Navigator
Vasco de Gama
Christopher Columbus
Caravel
Astrolabe
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
Circumnavigate
Cartographer
Amerigo Vespucci
Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade
Capitalism
Mercantilism
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Definition (in own words)
Period of time in the 1400s - 1600s
where a lot of exploration took place
Strong supporter of exploration & built
a school for shipbuilders, mapmakers,
and navigators in Portugal
Portuguese explorer who sailed around
the tip of Africa to India
Explorer that tried to sail west to India
but “discovered” the New World
(America)
Type of sailing ship used by explorers
for long journeys
Tool used by sailors to navigate across
the ocean
Agreement between Spain & Portugal
that split ownership/control of the
world in half
Travel around the world
Mapmaker
Mapmaker who the continents in the
New World (“North America” &
“South America”) were named after
Movement of animals, plants,
technology, and diseases between
Europe and the Americas
Trade of slaves, sugar, and gold
between Europe, Africa, and Americas
System for making money (private
businessmen buying things & selling
them for profit)
Economic policy based on countries
getting power by taking over more
colonies
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