Age Of Exploration

Leif Eriksson

• In 1000 he sailed from west Norway to Greenland.
• Lief Eriksson landed on the Labrador Pininsula.

Christopher Columbus

• Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
• His three ships were the Niña the Pinta and the Santa María.
• Born in 1451 in Genoa.
• Christopher was arrested and returned to Spain in chains.

Amerigo Vespucci

• Died of malaria.
• Born on March 9th 1951.
• Amerigo's parents were local bakers.

Columbian Exchange

• Items shipped from Europe to we're,
• Cattle, citrus fruits, diseases, grains, horses, and sugarcane.
• Items shipped from America were,
• Cocoa, corn, potatoes, squash, tobacco, and turkeys.

Conquistadors

• The Aztec king was Moctezuma II.
• Diseases spread throughout the Aztec empire.

Northwest Passage

• Jacques Cartier discovered the passage.
• Allowed people to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Middle Passage

• Captains shipped thousands of slaves at a time on ship.
• In crowded ships disease spread quickly and many died.

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