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What is the African instrument used during navigation to measure the height of the sun?
Astrolabe
What do you call a trip made to explore?
Expedition
What do you call a Spanish conqueror of the Americas?
Conquistador
What do you call a person who buys and sells goods?
Merchant
What do you call an outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly?
Epidemic
Define: What is a caravel?
A smaller and lighter than regular ship that had triangular sails.
True or false. An example of a secondary source (materials that analyze or summarize events that took place in the past) could be a diary entry from Ferdinand Magellan.
False
What is a primary source?
Original materials or firsthand evidence from the time an event happened.
What is navigation?
The process sailors use to plot their course.
What is a patron?
Someone who gives money to support another person or cause.
Do you think Christopher Columbus made a positive or negative impact on the Americas? Why?
Answers will vary but need evidence to support.
Why did Christopher Columbus believe he had reached Asia?
He believed he had reached Asia because he didn't know there was any other land between Europe and Asia.
Name two explorers that we've discussed in this chapter.
Answers will vary.
What is a colony?
A colony is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it.
What is a plantation and what kind of people usually work on one?
Large estates run by an owner. Typically, slaves work on plantations.
Why do you think people explored?
People explore to discover new places, resources, and people.
The Columbian Exchange involved the interchanging of goods between which three groups?
Europeans, Native Americans, Africans