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European Explorers
Money
100
The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas.
What is the definition of New World?
100
They study sunken ships.
What do underwater archaeologist study?
100
Venice Italy.
Where is John Cabot from?
100
A crop that is valuable and grows in large quantities.
What does cash crop mean?
200
An independent country whose people mostly share a common identity.
What does Nation State mean?
200
A tool for figuring out directions.
What is a compass?
200
He read about Marco Polo.
Who did Christopher Columbus read about when he was a kid?
200
Yes, tobacco was worth a lot of money.
Was tobacco worth a lot of money?
300
A community ruled by another country.
What does colony mean?
300
It began to spread in the Middle East.
Where did Christianity begin to spread?
300
On a Caribbean island named Hispaniola.
Where Juan Ponce de Leon settle?
300
So that they can get silver and gold ore.
Why did the Spanish force American Indians to work in mines?
400
A Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas for Spain.
What does conquistador mean?
400
They got their information from the sailors.
Where did the ocean map makers get their information from?
400
He arrived in Mexico at a time when the Aztecs expected one of their gods to return.
At what time did Hernan Cortes arrive in Mexico?
400
Tomatoes and Pineapples.
What fruits did the Americans sell?
500
An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars.
What does astrolabe mean?
500
He sailed on his second voyage in 1493.
When did Columbus set sail on his 2nd voyage?
500
His crew got tired of the ice and the cold.
Why did Henry Hudson's crew in 1609's trip to China rebel?
500
In gold and silver.
How did Europeans count wealth?
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