AGE OF EXPLORATION

LEIF ERIKSSON

• Was the first person to sail to North America
• Was a Viking!

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

• Was sent to find a sea route to Asia
• Is often credited for founding North America

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• His crew was the first to cerci navigate the world
• Was killed in the Philippine

THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

• Europeans brought crops and diseases from Europe
• Europeans took American crops back to Europe

CONQUISTADORS

• Were Spanish explores
• Came to North America believing it was Asia

THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

• Was supposed to be to be a water rout to Asia through North America
• There was not ever a real Northwest passage
• Explorations of the thought left Europeans questioning

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

• Was used to import slaves to North Americans
• Africans were packed on ships like cargo
• Africans were brought to the Americas against their wills