What is the Age of Exploration?
A historical period when European countries explored the rest of the world in search of land, goods and trading partnersof
What was the time period of the Age of Exploration?
1400's-1600's
What was the Age of Exploration also called?
Age of Discovery
Which 5 countries were involved in the Age of Exploration?
Portugal, Spain, France, England, Holland (Netherlands)
Which 2 countries were the first ones involved?
Spain and Portugal
What were the countries looking for in the Age of Exploration?
gold and silver, but most importantly a new trade route to Asia
What did the countries unexpectedly find in their explorations?
various answers - but mostly they found new lands they weren't expecting to find
How did the Ottomans taking control of Constantinople affect the Age of Exploration?
They closed off land trading routes so that made the Europeans start looking for sea routes which led to all the discoveries.
If an explorer left from Spain what continent did he come from?
Europe
If an explorer went to what is now the United States to which continent did he go?
North America
If an explorer went from Spain to what is now the U.S. what ocean did he cross?
Atlantic
