§upa - Jeopardy Terms - 20 - The Age of Exploration
A list of Jeopardy terms relating to the Age of Exploration
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- Henry the Navigator
- Brother of the king of Portugal who promoted exploration
- (John) Cabot
- Italian explorer who established English claims in North America
- Philippines
- Asian island group claimed by Spain and named for the Spanish king
- Puritans
- People who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Japan
- Far Eastern nation where the Dutch were allowed to trade once or twice a year
- Aztec (Empire)
- Central American empire conquered by Cortes
- (Papal) Line of Demarcation
- Imaginary line drawn by the pope that divided the new Atlantic lands
- Cartographer
- Term for mapmakers
- East Indies
- Early European traders' term for the islands of present-day Indonesia
- New Amsterdam
- Capital of Dutch settlement in North America
- Spice Islands
- Europeans' name for the Moluccas, islands rich in cloves and nutmeg
- Lisbon
- Port from which many Portuguese explorers sailed
- Mississippi (River)
- A Spanish explorer was the first European to find this great North American river.
- Vasco Nuñez de Balboa
- First European to sight the Pacific Ocean
- Malacca
- Port town that the Portuguese seized, giving them control of the strait with the same name
- Muslim Traders
- Merchants who brought Asian goods to Mediterranean ports
- (Hernando) Cortes
- Spanish explorer who invaded and conquered central America
- Jamestown
- First permanent English settlement in North America
- (Bartholomeu) Dias
- Portuguese explorer who first sailed around Africa's southern tip
- (Francisco) Coronado
- Spanish explorer who led an expedition through much of today's U.S. southwest
- Mexico
- Present-day central American area taken by Cortes
- Atahualpa
- Leader of the South American Indian empire
- (Francisco) Pizarro
- Spanish explorer who conquered the Indian empire of South America
- Scurvy
- Disease caused by lack of vitamin C, common among early European sailors
- Incas
- South American Indians conquered by Pizarro
- Navigation School
- Type of school started by Prince Henry
- King Philip's War
- War led by Native American leader Metacomet in Massachusetts
- Java
- Far Eastern island that was the trading headquarters of the Dutch
- Gold
- Metal sought by the Spanish conquerors
- Cape of Good Hope (Cape of Storms)
- Portuguese name for the southern tip of Africa
- East Africa
- The Portuguese expelled Arab traders from this section of the African coast.
- Netherlands
- Country that established trading forts along the west coast of Africa in the 1400s
- Spread Christianity
- Religious reason for European exploration
- Spices
- Exotic foodstuffs that inspired European voyages to the East
- (Ferdinand) Magellan
- Portuguese navigator who led a fleet on an around-the-world voyage for Spain
- (Jacques) Cartier
- French explorer of North America who found a gulf and a great river
- (British, English) East India Company
- Commercial group that set up trading posts in India
- Plymouth
- Second permanent English settlement in North America
- Disease
- Most destructive "weapon" that Europeans brought to the Americas
- Italy
- Western country that controlled Europe's trade with the Far East
- Quebec
- First permanent French settlement in North America, founded by Samuel de Champlain
- Astrolabe
- Navigation instrument, perfected by the Arabs, used to measure the angle of stars and planets
- Ponce de Leon
- Spaniard who explored Florida
- Macao
- Portuguese trading post in China, near Canton
- Father Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet
- Two Frenchmen who explored the Mississippi Valley in 1673
- (Hernando) de Soto
- Spanish explorer who found the Mississippi River
- Pacific
- Name given by Magellan to Balboa's ocean
- Africa
- Continent whose west coast the Portuguese explored in the 1400s
- Conquistadors
- Term for Spanish conquerors in the New World
- Britain, France
- Bitter rival European nations who jockeyed for power in North America
- Horses, Guns
- Spanish tactical advantages previously unknown to the Native Americans
- (Giovanni) de Verrazano
- Italian who explored the Atlantic coast for France
- (Magnetic) Compass
- Navigation instrument with a magnetized needle
- Spain, Portugal
- Countries that divided all the new Atlantic lands between themselves
- Dutch
- Europeans who established a colony at Cape Town on Africa's southern tip
- Portuguese
- First Europeans to trade with Japan
- Fur Trade
- Main interest of the French in North America
- St. Lawrence (River)
- Great northern river explored by the French and the English
- (Vasco) da Gama
- Explorer who opened India to Portuguese trade
- Montezuma
- Leader of the central American Indian empire
- Northwest Passage
- Pathway through North America to the Far East that explorers tried to find
- Robert de la Salle
- Explorer who claimed the entire Mississippi River valley for France
- Indians
- Name given to the New World natives by Columbus (he thought he had reached the E Indies)
- Louisiana
- Western region of North America claimed by France
- (Christopher) Columbus
- Italian explorer who sailed west from Europe to find the Spice Islands
- Caribbean Islands, Brazil
- Places that imported most African slaves sent to the Americas
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- English explorer who founded a colony at Roanoke
- Cannons
- Feature of European ships that allowed them to capture coastal trading posts
- Triangular Sails
- Feature of the caravel that made it sail more effectively
- Goa
- Island off the coast of India that was the base of Portuguese trade
- Calicut
- Great spice port of India where da Gama landed and traded
- Caribbean
- Sea that Columbus explored in the New World
- Slaves
- Principal export from Africa via European traders
- Dutch East India Company
- Company that controlled Dutch trade in the Far East
- Middle Passage
- Term for the voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas
- West Indies
- Today's name for the islands Columbus arrived at
- Pedro Alvares Cabral
- Portuguese explorer who accidentally landed in Brazil
- (Henry) Hudson
- Explorer for the Netherlands who gave his name to a bay, a river, and a strait
- Sextant
- Navigational tool used to determine latitude; it replaced the astrolabe