Age Of Exploration Chapter Walk

Age of Exploration Walkthru

Answer on your own paper in complete sentences.

Timeline 442-443 1. How many years after Columbus reached America did Magellan sail around the world? 2. Look at the picture above, what image is on the sails?

History Close-up p. 447 3. What features made the caravel an excellent sailing ship? 4. Where could caravels sail?

Map: 448-449 5. What continent did all of these explorers come from? 6. Which explorers’ expeditions went all the way around the world? 7. About how many miles was Magellan’s voyage? 8. About how many miles did Columbus travel to reach the “West Indies?”

Mapping New Worlds P. 452-453 9. What continent is mostly blank on the 1536 map? 10. What is wrong with California on the 1650 map?

Columbian Exchange p. 455 11. List 3 items Europe introduced to America. 12. List 3 items Europe got from America.

Picture p. 457 13. Why were missions built? 14. List 2 items in this picture that were brought by Europe?

Quick Facts 458 15. What were plantation economies based on? 16. What 3 things spread because of exploration?

Map 460 17. What 2 thing were sent to the Americas from Africa? 18. List 3 goods sent to Europe from the Americas.

Supply & Demand 462-463 19. What does the idea of supply and demand state? 20. Why did companies work to supply more goods?