There was a pandemic in America.

Computers were just being invented in America.

The people of the Americas did not know the Europeans existed and vice versa.

The Europeans were able to travel by airplane.

True

False

True

False

They traveled monthly from Europe to the Americas.

They connected Asia with the Americas, which brought people across the Bering Strait.

Europe and the Americas, people were the same and came together.

They connected Europe with the Americas, which brought people from very different cultures together.

That was the place that provided money for the explorer’s voyage

That was place the explorer set of to explore

That was who built the boat.

That was the place the explorer had to pay before they could go on a voyage.

True

False

True

False

To take over completely

A substance from a plant that has a specific smell or taste and is used to add flavor to food.

To bring in from somewhere else

A food that has no specific smell or taste.

Iron

Copper

Silver

Gold

To build something

To take over completely

To bring in from somewhere else

To try learning something new

to add flavor to food

to take flavor out of food

peppercorns cannot be grown in Europe,

peppercorns from India are easy to come by

peppercorns can be purchased in grocery stores today

peppercorns have the same flavor ras cloves

A specific smell or taste

To take over completely

To bring in from somewhere else

A substance from a plan

True

False

gold,

potatoes

spices

a shorter way to the Far East

everyone has it

it is easy to find

it is everywhere

it is very scarce

It is made from the branches of trees

It is part of a plant root

It is made from the inner bark of a plant.

It is found in the fruit on an apple tree

Spices were scarce in Europe and so it was expensive.

Finding spices could cost the explores and they would become poor.

Finding spices could bring great wealth to the explorers.

Spices were grown everywhere and were inexpensive.

a person who is not extremely skilled at something

a person who is extremely skilled at something

Toscanelli was a mapmaker who created a map based on where he thought places were in the world.

Many European explorers never used this map to try to find a new route to the Far East.

Toscanelli was a mapmaker who created a map based on where many other people thought places were in the world.

Many European explorers used this map to try to find a new route to the Far East.

They had played the game Marco Polo.

They had read the book journaling Julius Caesar's trip to the America.

They had read the book journaling Marco Polo’s trip to the Far East.

Toscanelli’s map showed that if you sailed south from Europe, you would eventually reach the Americas, but it did not show the Indies because Toscanelli did not know it was there. So when Columbus and other European explorers sailed north and arrived in the Indies they thought they reached the America

Toscanelli’s map showed that if you sailed west from Europe, you would eventually reach the Indies (Asia), but it did not show the Americas because Toscanelli did not know it was there. So when Columbus and other European explorers sailed west and arrived in the Americas, they thought they reached the Indies

a long journey, usually by water

a short journey usually by land

a long journey usually by land

a very short journey usually by air

Cinnamon is different from other spices because it is made from the bark of a plant.

Following Columbus’s voyage in 1492, many European explorers made trips west using Toscanelli’s map as a guide in search of spices and treasure.

Columbus’s explorations marked the start of the Age of Exploration.