The Age of Exploration

3. What word means ocean going or connected to the sea?
7. What was the dominant Native American empire at the time of the Spanish arrival in Mexico?
9. Who was the explorer who laid claims to the North American coastline for England?
11. The __________ Revolution is the term for the period of competition between maritime powers that followed the discoveries of new lands and trade routes that led to the emergence of the modern economy.
12. Who was Portuguese leader sponsored voyages of exploration known as the Navigator?
13. What disease ravaged the Native American population due to their lack of immunities?
14. What was the first European country to take the lead in exploration?
16. Who was the European explorer who discovered the Americas?
18. What was the first country to have sailors sail west rather than east to find a route to Asia?
19. Who was the explorer for France who would lay claim to territories in North America that would one day be Canada?
20. What did the Portuguese institute that would have calamitous results in the future?
22. What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
23. What city fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 that served as a factor for exploration?
24. Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
25. The Middle ____________ is the term for the forced voyage of captured African slaves across the Atlantic.

1. Who was the conquistador who defeated the Inca of South America?
2. Who was the English sea dog whose ships preyed on the Spanish and circumnavigated the globe in 1577?
4. What was the dominant Native American empire at the time of the Spanish arrival in Peru?
5. What queen established a joint stock company that would ultimately become the most powerful company on Earth and dominate India and Southeast Asia, known as the East India Company?
6. What conquistador successfully defeated the Aztecs and oversaw the murder of their emperor?
8. What was the transatlantic mercantile pattern that emerged following the settlement of the New World?
10. What device was imported from China and used by navigators?
15. ___________ Exchange was the global transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and people.
17. What was the economic theory that stated a nation’s power was dependent on its wealth and a favorable trade balance and thus promoted the establishment of colonies?
18. What trade good from Southeast Asia was highly valued by Europeans?
21. Who was the first European navigator to reach India by the Indian Ocean?