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Ch.2 Exploration
Bashara
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History
8th Grade
09/17/2008

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Ferdinand Magellan

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he led the first crew to

 

circumnavigate (go around) the world

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Strong monarchs sought ways to increase

 

____________ and make their countries stronger.

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Trade

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Christopher Columbus

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traveled to the Caribbean Islands

 

known as the West Indies

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Lief Eriksson

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Viking that traveled to Newfoundland

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Bartholomeu Dias

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 traveled to the southern tip of

 

Africa's Cape of Good Hope

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What country led exploration

 

in the early 1400s?

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                   Portugal             

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The _______ was a period of great

 

intellectual and artistic creativity.

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      Renaissance

 

         

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Balboa

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first to see the Pacific Ocean

 

from the Americas

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Vasco de Gama

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traveled around the southern tip

 

of Africa to India

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Early European explorers were looking

 

to find a better route to _________

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            Asia            

 

            

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Marco Polo

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Who went to China for

 

silks and spices?

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1. Catholics

     2. Protestants 

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What two main religious rivalries were transferred from Europe to the Americas?             

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Contributed to the growth of slavery

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What is the main way the plantation system changed the New World society?

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Mission

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What is a Spanish religious community?

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Renaissance

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What is the historical period of intellectual and artistic creativity?

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Rival

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What term means to be in "competition"?

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1.  Religious Reasons

 2.  Wealth (Economic) Reasons  

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What are 2 factors that pushed the Europeans to establish settlements in the Americas?

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Martin Luther

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Who started the Protestant Reformation?

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 West

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What direction did Christopher Columbus sail in hopes of reaching Aisa?

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Conquistador

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What is Spanish soldier-explorer called?

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Small Pox

(diseases)

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What was the primary cause of the major decline in Mexico's population between 1518 and 1568?

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 1. Nina

  2. Pinta

           3. Santa Maria

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What are the names of Columbus' three ships?

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Portugal

Definition

 

 

 

 

Navigation and exploration was led by what country?

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The need for more slaves on sugar plantations

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Why did the trading of slaves increase in the 1500's?

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Allie

(Alliance)

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What is a term for a "team" of common interests?

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Hernan Cortez

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The Aztecs where defeated by what Spaniard?

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Francisco Pizzaro

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Who was the Spanish explorer that captured the Inca in Peru?

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Leif Erikson

(Vikings)

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Who founded present day Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland?

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St. Augustine, Florida

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Where in the United States was the first permanent Spanish settlement?

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Merchants

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People who sell goods are called?

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Bartholomeu Dias

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What explorer was caught in a storm at the Cape of Good Hope?

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Loss of Land

Definition
What happened to the indians during the age of exploration?
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circumnavigate

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What is another word that means to sail around?

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mercantilism

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What is it called when one nation competes for wealth and power by collecting raw materials and resources then ships them back to the mother country?

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Columbian Exchange 

 

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What was the movement of animals, plants, and diseases between the New and Old World called?

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 Bartolome de Las Casas

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The cruel treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish was condemned publicly by what person?

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Asia

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After reading stories about Marco Polo where did the European explorers start searching for new trade routes?

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New York  City

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New Amsterdam became what U.S. City?

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English, French and Dutch
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Who hoped to discover a shortcut to Asia by using the Northwest Passage?

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