AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• He was a Viking.
• He sailed south and found another land.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Sailed to the America's
• He was born into a middle-class family in 1451

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• He started sailing in 1505
• He proved that the world was round

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• They went to different places to get different things.
• They got potatoes, tomatoes, corn and many other things.

CONQUISTADORS

• They were Spanish soldiers.
• The goal of the conquistadors was to increase there status.

THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE

• It was a water route.
• They had never found it.

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• It was seen as the most horrible slave route.
• It was a long dangerous journey.